Paperback. Pub Date :2013-09-12 Pages: 496 Language: English How far would you go to protect the ones you loveOn the surface the De Vere family appear to have it all Wealth. political power. and idyllic life split between their. London mansion. Oxfordshire country house and their idyllic. sprawling Martha's Vineyard estate. But beneath the gilded fa?ade. and the family's apparently watertight bonds with one another. lie many secrets. some of them deadly. When the mistakes of youth refuse to stay buried. and generation old hatreds resurface. the De Veres find themselves on the brink of losing everything. How far will each of them go to conceal the truth and protect the family
An addictive, edge-of-your-seat thriller filled with the hallmark elements that have made the #1 New York Times bestselling author Sidney Sheldon "the master of the storytelling game" (People).
The conservative party's newest superstar, Alexia De Vere has worked hard to realize her political ambitions. The brilliant and ruthless wife of wealthy aristocrat Teddy De Vere, Alexia relishes her power and the control it gives her to shape and destroy lives.
But beneath Alexia De Vere's gilded life and formidable façade lie secrets—ugly, dirty, and deadly. When long-buried mistakes of youth begin to resurface, old hatreds are rekindled and Alexia finds herself on the brink of losing everything—her power, her family, and even her own life. Now, the woman who rose so high is on the brink of a perilous fall. For when the tides of memory rise, the only thing that might save her is the truth. . . .