Chapter 1: The Invisible Girl The chandeliers of the Sterling Estate were not just lights; they were constellations trapped in glass, illuminating the…
Chapter 1: The Invisible Girl The chandeliers of the Sterling Estate were not just lights; they were constellations trapped in glass, illuminating the…
Chapter 1: The Saint of Wall Street The divorce was quieter than a library and smoother than silk. There were no screaming matches,…
Chapter 1: The Saint of Wall Street The divorce was quieter than a library and smoother than silk. There were no screaming matches,…
The Grand Ballroom of the Biltmore Hotel was a cathedral of silk and excess. Crystal chandeliers blazed overhead, reflecting off the polished marble…
The air in the private conference room at Sterling & Finch was so thick with expensive leather and suppressed avarice that I could…
The air in the living room was thick with the scent of pine and freshly baked entitlement. It was the annual Hayes Family…
The Fifteen-Box Warning The countdown to the wedding of the year—at least, according to Patricia Sterling’s social calendar—was down to forty-eight hours. My…
The Illusion of Affluence The temperature inside the ballroom-sized living room of the Hawthorne estate was stifling, a sticky blend of expensive perfume,…
The air in the Beacon Hill mansion smelled of Glade Plug-ins attempting to mask the scent of old money and deep, historical resentment.…