What is a southern, gentile, society lady of impeccable
taste, breeding, and education to do when her husband of
nearly twenty years announces he is divorcing her on the
day they deliver their youngest son to college? Loretta
Hill Mason, Head Mistress of the Columbia Academy in South
Carolina, did not see her husband’s declaration coming and
had no idea what she should do next. She couldn’t just
emulate Miss Scarlet and say “Fiddly dee, I’ll think about
it tomorrow.” Her soon-to-be ex-husband, Randolph, gave her
a few weeks to clear her belongings out of the home she
made into a show place once featured in Southern Living,
listed on the Fabulous Gardens Tour, and envied by their
circle of high-society friends and relations. Now she
didn’t even have a bank account or credit card in her own
name or any other resources to fall back on.
Multi-billionaire Justin W. McCoy learned the hard way from
the background of a meager beginning to becoming a titan in
the hotel industry. Though he stumbled a few times along
the way with an ill-fated marriage, he is now happily
divorced, and his teenaged daughter is the brightest spot
in his life. Business is good and would be better when he
closes the deal to acquire the Delaware Group’s hotel
chain. That acquisition would make McCoy Hotels, Resorts
and Conference Centers one of the top ten travel industry
chains in the world. Yet it could come with a dangerous
price tag. A pilgrimage to the first resort he ever
purchased suddenly reunites him with a woman he fell in
love with from afar over twenty years earlier, but had
never met. Tagged with the nickname, The Rejuvenator in the
hotel industry, he never lets an opportunity slip through
his fingers in business and he won’t let it happen in his
private life this time. Fate is a fickle finger when the
Delaware Group’s criminal syndicate wants more than a sale
of their hotels to McCoy Enterprises and they will stop at
nothing, even involving Justin’s daughter, Jessica, and
anyone else they can use to their advantage, to get what
they want. Justin gambles it all to save his business from
the criminal element, win his safety, and the safety of the
ones he holds most dear, including Loretta.
© 2003-2025 off-the-edge.net
all rights reserved Privacy Policy