 The 2001 novel Hidden Passions : Secrets from the Diaries of Tabitha Lenox identifies Eve Russell as the only child of " too @-@ busy Harvard history Professor Warren Johnson and journalist Tanya Lincoln Johnson " . The series changed Eve 's family , identifying her parents as Warren Johnson and Ruby Lincoln ( a poor couple from the American South ) and introducing Mr. Sanbourne as her stepfather and Liz Sanbourne as her adoptive sister . Despite the book 's billing as canonical when it was published , the show contradicts much of its information . As a teenager , Eve runs away to Boston to pursue a career as a jazz singer ; she becomes involved with she is involved with alcohol , drugs and prostitution . In Boston , Eve meets Julian Crane , who introduced her to alcohol and drugs , and she becomes close friends with fellow jazz singer Crystal Harris . During this time , she accidentally hits future husband T. C. Russell while driving under the influence , ruining his tennis career . T. C. , unaware that Eve is responsible for the accident , believes that Julian was driving . Eve and Julian separate after she learns that she is pregnant ; Julian 's marriage to the daughter of former Governor Harrison Winthrop , Ivy , is arranged by his father Alistair . Crystal , the only person Eve tells about her pregnancy , helps deliver her son . 
