Inheritance

Alternate Titles

• The Inheritance

Description

Laura Fairchild enters a charmed world when eccentric patriarch Owen Salinger takes her in as his protege and confidante. In the patrician circles of Boston's Beacon Hill, she acquires grace, culture - and a passionate lover in Owen's nephew, Paul. But Owen's death shatters her dreams. Favored in his will, she now faces the wrath of his family, who close ranks against her. Disinherited, Laura vows to recapture all that has been ruthlessly taken away. With brilliance and flair she builds a hotel empire. Yet beneath her successful facade lives the outcast girl, longing for the home and family she has lost. as long-buried secrets rise like threatening clouds, Laura has to fight to regain her love, her family, and to claim her true inheritance!

Description

When Laura goes to work for the wealthy Salingers, she befriends the eccentric family patriarch, Owen. After leaving her a valuable portion of his hotel empire in his will, Owen's family closes ranks against her when they discover her secret past.--WorldCat Michael's crowning achievement is a sumptuous saga of a woman's journey to her dreams; of a powerful family pitted against an orphaned family; of a passionate love, won and lost and regained.--Goodreads

First Sentence

LAURA and Paul made the bed together, laughing as they raced to see whose side would be finished first.

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Series Statement

• Pocket Fiction [$6.95]

Other Editions

• Inheritance: The 4 Month 'N.Y. Times' Bestseller! By the Author of ''Possessions'' and ''Private Affairs''PaperbackPocket Books: a div. of Simon & Schuster, Inc.1989-02-01
• InheritanceLittle, Brown Book Group Limited1989-01-01
• InheritanceLittle, Brown Book Group Limited1989-01-01