Ardith Rogers blossoms from a shy and lonely girl into a beautiful young woman at debutante balls in Washington and Newport. We follow her life through marriages and love affairs and a career. She searches for her vanished father and finds him and wishes she had not. Here is the exciting story of a family's greed, a world that is no more, and of a woman who survives. * * * * Muriel Maddox is also the author of "Captain from Corfu," "Love and Betrayal," "Noela," "That Man In Rio" and "Myra's Daughters," all from Sunstone Press. She has traveled extensively in Greece and on Greek cruise ships and visited the islands of Corfu, Rhodes and Mykonos. She has also written screenplays and published poetry and short stories. * * * * Jean Brody said: "Fast-paced and engrossing, this novel is a sweeping family saga. It has it all-love, betrayal, war, peace, wealth, squalor, death and redemption. This is what they mean by 'a good read.' With a book like this in hand, one keeps hoping for a raging rain storm as an excuse to keep turning the pages."