Jvana Jiump is vibrant, passionate, and no stranger to {he caprices of romance. Now she has written a marvelous novel about a woman of charm and courage whose life surpassed the grandest fantasies; the man whose daring ambition matched hers and made them the golden couple of the age; and her exclusive circle of friends, whose devotion was priceless. Katrinka Graham had love, success and freedom. Yet deep inside, she carried the secret memory of the baby she had been forced to leave behind...the child for whom she would always search.... .
ENTERINGTHEPLAZAHOTEl,BAIl.ROOM,Adamand Katrinka Graham radiated the dazzling energy of power, wealth and astounding achievement--two people in love and at life's pinnacle. Her .jewels flashing in photographers' lights,……BUT NO FRIEND COULD PROTECT KATRINKA FROM ADAM'S MOTHER, who had alienated her son with her icy, patrician contempt...the weapon of choice she wielded mercilessly against Katrinka.Adam was the last of the Graham men,descended from the days of the American Revolution. Now his wife, this foreigner, this social parvenue, was failing to produce the requisite heir. Katrinka's. struggle to conceive Adam's child was a sadness made sharper by the secret anguish of her past...the baby she had borne in Europe, the child she could never forget. Adam, disappointed and restless, was becoming more and more remote. And Katrinka could not know that, among the friends she trusted most, one was about to betray her...to snatch her fragile happiness suddenly, terribly, away...



