Money, power, influence – Leo von Hessler had inherited it all from his manipulative empire-building father. But how much of his business had been built at the expense of others’ shattered dreams and hopes? 

          Ambitious, relentless, determined Saul Jardine, corporate raider, knew just when to close in on ailing companies. Respected and feared in the business world, Saul had pursued his career single-mindedly, to the detriment of love and family. Now his life is at a crossroads. 

          Sensitive, intense, determined – Davina James had been forced to suppress her warmth and sensuality, first by her domineering father and then by her womanizing husband. Now a beautiful widow, she had stopped yearning for love, turning her energies instead into confronting the business giants who sought to take her inheritance – Carey’s – away from her. A confrontation which was to have unexpected and far-reaching consequences….

          The dramatic story of extraordinary men and women who find the strength to step out of the shadow of the past and into the light of a passionate future. Irrevocably linked by ambition and passion, held apart by the sins of the fathers, together three couples forge new lives in a riveting journey of freedom and fulfillment.