Elizabeth Adler

In San Francisco, a woman left for dead in a ravine awakens without a memory. On recovery, she lands a job with a rich employer and inherits a fortune when the employer dies. But her life is still in danger from the individual who left her for dead. Fortunately, the detective assigned to the case is on the ball.

Peach, a beautiful young woman, is heiress to a European automobile empire and she vows to make it the most powerful in the world. Her fiercest competitor is a Detroit whiz kid whom she finds unexpectedly attractive.

Millions of dollars will belong to the person who can prove he or she is a descendant of the mystery woman called Poppy Mallory. Millions of lies have been told along California's Gold Coast, in Paris's demimonde, and Italy's dangerous underworld, to hide the identity of her daughter ... or son. Millions of hopes grip the hearts of five desperate people, each of whom claim to be Poppy's heir and are willing to commit shocking acts of passion--or even...