The story of two siblings, two 'illegitimate' children bonded with love, ambiguous origins and a destiny determined to keep them apart. Author Catherine Taylor takes time out from writing erotic fiction to relate her true-life story of growing up as an adopted child with her foster brother Michael. This often harrowing tale reveals their lives in the sixties and seventies, and through to Mother's Day 1985 when Michael suddenly vanishes from her life. In 2017, Catherine sets out to resolve the facts surrounding her adoption by taking a DNA test. The results are not what she expects. An ambitious undertaking follows using genealogy records, DNA-matched relatives and the construction of a family tree of over three thousand people. As pieces began to fall into place, her search takes an unexpected turn. While seeking an elusive parent, Catherine is vastly unprepared to receive news of Michael.

The closed door of an unsolved mystery is suddenly thrown wide open and Catherine is faced with an aftermath affecting many more lives than her own.