Treasures - Hardcover

Kingsley, Johanna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0446514500 ISBN 13: 9780446514507

Publisher: Grand Central Pub, 1990

Synopsis

Struggling to reach the heights of the glamorous jewelry design business, beautiful Pietra D'Angeli finds romance, betrayal, and frustrating setbacks as she searches for a long-lost collection of family jewels stolen by her uncle

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Glitter, sensuality and treachery abound in Kingsley's hardcover debut after Scents and Faces . It's a slickly romantic page-turner centering on a sumptuous cache of jewels, the stolen inheritance of lovely Pietra ("Pete") d'Angeli. Growing up poor in a New York immigrant family of gem-cutters, Pete learns how her grandmother, the fabled Italian courtesan La Colomba, amassed treasures and smuggled them to a Swiss vault in 1938, expecting them to be retrieved by sons Stefano and Vittorio. But Vittorio, a Fascist, filches both shares. Pete's girlhood is further darkened by mother Bettina's bouts of insanity, the result of her childhood in Nazi-occupied Holland. Pete's talent as a jewelry designer earns her awards and a lavish lifestyle, enabling her to care for her mother and to jet breathlessly from Paris to Tokyo to Thailand in quest of clues to the jewels, meanwhile enjoying erotic aventures. She also has to reckon with strong, sexy, principled Luke, the Vietnam vet, inventor and flier whom she really loves, when he balks at her work--fashioning baubles for the wealthy few. Kingsley builds an intricate plot spiced with hedonistic fantasies and the luxurious lore of gems. 50,000 first printing; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club alternates.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jewelry Fans Best Friend, This was a delightful, informative book. It holds all the basic information to understand gemologists terms! The characters are real and very well put together. I recommend this book to anyone who loves reading about fine jewelry....you will enjoy the descriptiveness of the author

"A perfect Diamond--faceted with a dynamic story, fascinating characters, and sparkling settings." Joanna Kingsley, bestselling author of Secrets and Treasures
© 2012 Mollie Gregory, All Rights Reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Pub
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0446514500
• ISBN 13: 9780446514507
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 441