Anita Morrison, a Ph.D. research professor at the university's Nutrition Institute, has upset her director. Her negative results may jeopardize research funds critical for the institute's survival. Anita has other worries. With her biological clock approaching midnight, she desperately desires motherhood, a role thwarted by her previous husband. Can she accomplish this without another disastrous relationship? The sudden death of her director's wife sets in motion a series of events that change her life and offer the possibility that her wish may come true. Deception by Design suggests that evil may be an unexpected force for good.