An enthralling yarn...A first rate page turner...Korda is one of the mastwes of popular fiction
Back cover: Sixty-four-year-old Arthur Bannerman had status, power, and a half billion dollars of family money. Then, one night, in a New York city brownstone, he died while making love to a twenty-four-year-old woman. The girl was an unknown, a pretty midwesterner named Alexa Walden- and Bannerman's secret bride. Now tainted with scandal and pitted against the powerful and privileged world of the New Y9ork rich, this innocent young woman must fight the entire Bannerman dynasty: ELEANOR, the iron-willed matriarch who knows all the family secrets; ROBERT, the chamring, ambitious son who can use both sex and violence against Alexa; and CECILIA, Arthur's daughtyer, haunted by a legacy of sin and greed. Far from Arthur's original plans, all have their own dreams and achemes...as Alexa discovers for herself the burdens-and dangers- of THE FORTUNE.
I completely loved this book and I reccomend it to anyone.
Sixty-four year-old Arthur Bannerman has status, power, and a half billion dollars of family money. Then one night he died making love to a twenty-four year old woman. Far from Arthur's original plans, his family have their own dreams and schemes for his fortune. This innocent young woman must fight the entire Banneramn dynasty haunted by a legacy of sin and greed.
An enthralling story.
Twenty-four-year-old Alexa Walden secretly married 64-year-old millionaire Arthur Bannerman. And after his death, Alexa finds herself tainted with scandal and pitted against the powerful and privileged world of the New York rich, where she must fight the entire Bannerman dynasty for control of The Fortune.
Sixty-four year old Arthur Bannerman had status, power, and a half billion dollars of family money. then, one night, in a New York City brownstone, he died while making love to a twenty-four-year old women. The girl was an unknown, a pretty midwesterner named Alexa Walden - and Bannerman's secret bride. Now tainted with scandal and pitted against the powerful and privileged world of the New York rich, the innocent young woman must fight the entire Bannerman dynasty: ELEANOR, the iron-willed matriarch who knows all the family secrets; ROBERT, the charming, ambitious son who can use both sex and violence against Alexa; and CECILIA, Arthur's daughter, haunted by a legacy of sin and greed. Far from Arthur's original plans, all have their own dreams and schemes ...as Alexa discovers for herself the burdens-and dangers-of The Fortune.
