A Reason For Being

• Author: Penny Jordan
• Publisher: Harlequin Presents, #1180
• Year: June 1989
• Setting: Great Britain, border of England and Scotland.

From the back cover

She'd unleashed his fury with her jealous lies.

Ten years ago teenage Maggie had fled her beloved Deveril House - driven off by Marcus Landersby's savage outrage. Her falsehoods, an attempt to hang on to Marcus, her attractive older stepcousin, had backfired horribly.

Now Maggie had returned to her home. Reluctantly she'd been drawn back by an urgent letter form Marcus' schoolgirl half-sisters, Susie and Sara.

The two motherless girls desperately needed her. But Marcus would never tolerate Maggie's presence. Too many bitter memories stood in the way - and so did his malicious fiancee, Isobel...