The passionate, true story of one man's quest to reclaim what the Nazis stole from his family--their beloved art collection--and to restore their legacy. Simon Goodman's grandparents came from German Jewish banking dynasties and perished in concentration camps. And that's almost all he knew--his father rarely spoke of their family history or heritage. But when he passed away, and Simon received his father's papers, a story began to emerge. The Gutmanns,...

A Bonfire of the Vanities for our times, by an author who “knows her way around 21st-century wealth and power” (The Wall Street Journal).
Since he married Merrill Darling, daughter of billionaire financier Carter Darling, attorney Paul Ross has grown accustomed to all the luxuries of Park Avenue. But a tragic event is about to catapult the Darling family into the middle of a massive financial investigation and a...

"The new job in California sounded nice and peacful to Mace Banyon, ex-deputy U.S. marshal. He had been hired by an eastern land corporation to supervise and collect payments from tenant farmers. But the sharecroppers--honest hard-working Chinese--were resented by their unfriendly neighbors. So from the start Mace found himself caught between the hostile farmers and townsmen, headed by a vicious, land-grabbing banker, and the almost defenseless Cantonese...

"Welcome to the near future, an America ruled by sharks- the Wall Street kind. Greedy gangster bankers. Carnivorous corporate creeps. Fascist war profiteers who cruise the oceans of dark power with their bloody jaws wide open, escorted by scavenger politicians nibbling at their scraps. But other predators are stirring in the sea. These new hunters are young, cunning, and agile, with nothing to lose and only freedom to gain. Their motto: hatred of...

Thirty-eight-year-old Jessie Maddox faces a midlife crisis with the help of her eccentric friends and family in Glenville, Georgia.

Can you blame a publicist for blurring the lines between what's real and what's a dream, when her client is a gorgeous actor? Alison Sweeney's novel is an entertaining, backstage glimpse at those who organize the lives of the Hollywood elite. It's great fun for any reader who secretly sneaks peeks at People magazine in the checkout line at the grocery store, and wonders, What if . . . ?"