Founder's Fortune — Elizabeth Raffel; Burton

A mother's secret legacy of hate...her two ravishing daughters in love with the same irresistible man...
Charlotte Founder--If it took her a lifetime she would revenge herself upon the man who had stolen her love, fathered her child, and burdened her with a murderous revelation that threatened them all.

Emily Pierce--She was Roger Pierce's daughter--down to her cunning core. Headstrong, imperious, she would discover boundless power at the side of the man her mother despised. But neither her beauty nor his vast wealth could buy the only man to win her fickle heart.

Sara Founder--A piano prodigy, she was quiet, delicate, reserved--until her sister's chosen man aroused the flaming passion in her soul. She would flee to the arms of a total stranger, never reckoning the price, never knowing the curse he bore.

From San Francisco's bustling streets to Chicago's burly, brawling heart, three remarkable women would follow their destinies, fuelled by passion and betrayal. A mother's corrosive vengeance would play itself out in her daughter's fierce rivalry, and again in her grandsons' love and war...