Set against the glitteriag Boston of the

1880s and the opulent sotqety of

turn-of-the-century Newport, this is the

story oflsabelJanuary--a debutaate of

wealth, breeding, and rare beauty whose

pulsed smile and cool eyes hide the wild

yearmngs of her heart And this is the story of

Marian Childs--plaia, impoverished, without

prospects, yet destined to blossom into a woman of style

and substaace Of different worlds these two indamitable women

are inextricably linked through fortune and fate through tragedy

and triumph, through two generations of the prominent January

family and ultimately through the one man whose ruthless

passion will forever alter the course of both their lives.