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Da Catherine Land, som har overlevet en traumatisk fortid ved at bruge sin intelligens og seksualitet, falder over en avisannonce fra en succesfuld forretningsmand, der søger efter en "pålidelig hustru", udtænker hun en plan hvorved hun kan udnytte hans rigdom og behov. Hendes nye mand, Ralph Truitt, opdager at hun har bedraget ham i samme sekund hun sætter sin fod i hans afsidesliggende hjemby. Drevet af blandede følelser og simpelt begær, gifter han sig med hende alligevel.

Diane Cooke, descendante d'une grande lignée, habite à Saratoga, une magnifique propriété de Virginie qui fait la fierté de la famille. Mais cette maison, comme son nom, est lestée par deux dettes abyssales. La première est financière, et le seul moyen de s'en acquitter est au prix d'un mariage. La seconde est plus profonde : le prestige des Cooke est bâti sur le plus sombre péché du Sud, l'esclavage. Et cette dette-là ne se rembourse que par une malédiction. La voici peut-être qui s'avance sous la forme du capitaine Copperton.

With the literary chops of Bonfire of the Vanities and the dizzying decadence of The Wolf of Wall Street, The Fall of Princes takes listeners into a world of hedonistic highs and devastating lows, weaving a visceral tale about the lives of these young men, winners all...until someone changes the rules of the game. Goolrick paints a magnificently authentic portrait of an era, tense and stylish, perfectly mixing adrenaline and melancholy.

For one little boy, however, life had become anything but "normal." To all appearances, he and his family lived an almost idyllic life. The father was a respected professor, the mother a witty and elegant lady, someone everyone loved. They were parents to three bright, smiling children: two boys and a girl. They lived on a sunny street in a small college town nestled neatly in a leafy valley. They gave parties, hosted picnics, went to church - just like their neighbors. To all appearances, their life seemed ideal. But it was, in fact, all appearances.

When a wealthy man first meets his mail-order bride in 1907, he realizes this statuesque beauty is anything but a "simple missionary's daughter." But he doesn't know of her devious plan to leave Wisconsin as a rich widow. Nor does she know of the furious demons he longs to unleash during the lonely months of snowbound isolation.