Small paperback in good condition. 696 pages.


"On a bitterly cold day in 1904, Cecily Deravenel breaks the news to her 18-year-old son Edward of the death of his father and brother. Devastated, Edward determines to battle his cousin Henry for control of te Deravenel business empire.

Handsome and charismatic, Edward loves women - especially older women. Beautiful Lily Overton, cool society beauty Elizabeth Wyland, and married woman Jane Shaw all dominate and influence him. But will his womanising be his downfalland.

The Deravenel family's fortunes rise under Edward's glamorous leadership. But his position at the head of the Deravenels is fatally rocked when betrayal comes from within. Soon, catastrophe threatens to destroyall he hs strived for since his father's murder....

Passion and power, ambition and treachery, love and loss combine in this epic tale of an extraordinary family."