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.