A Heritage of Passion

by Elizabeth Bright

A LIFE OF PRIVILEGE WITH ALL THE SOCIAL GRACES OF 1890's NEW YORK

This was the heritage of Stephanie Summers, who came from a line of great beauties, women of unquenchable desires and troubled pasts. And when her childhood affection for lawyer Thomas Hodges burst into an all-consuming love, she followed him to his brilliant career in a booming Chicago.

Haunted by the fear of divorce, the endless searches for love that befell her mother, Stephanie surrendered to the ardor that engulfed them, yet delayed marriage until she could be sure it was for eternity.

But when she suffered the lecherous advances of Thomas's boss, robber baron Winslow Kincaid, and fell hostage to his striking workers, her eyes opened to the degradation and poverty that was their lot.

Changed forever, she fled from Thomas to the serenity of Aurial, her family plantation -- fighting desperately a love she could not deny -- a love that was...

A HERITAGE OF PASSION

279 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

American author named Tim Myers who writes under the pen names Chris Cavender, Jessica Beck, Elizabeth Bright, Melissa Glazer, Casey Mayes, D. B. Morgan.

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Apparently the women in this family have a certain family trait...multiple orgasm's and beauty beyond compare. It's about forgiveness and learning what is most important in life.