Continuing the saga begun in Love-Makers and Texas Born, Judith Gould weaves a glittering web of intrigue and passion with the sizzling new Second Love. Dorothy-Anne Hale-Cantwell stands on top of the world. The crown jewel in her prestigious luxury hotel chain is at last completed in San Francisco. The city's most important and fashionable people are basking in the radiance of the San Francisco Palace's gala opening. When her beloved husband, Freddie arrives from Colorado, her evening--and her life--will be complete. But twin blows strike almost simultaneously. News flashes through the hotel that a mysterious, heavily financed consortium is making a hostile takeover bid for the Hale chain. Then comes the devastating revelation that Freddie is dead in the crash of his private jet.
… read more...Into the maelstrom that Dorothy-Anne's life has become strides Hunt Winslow, the dashing would-be new Governor of the State of California. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Hunt senses in Dorothy-Anne a romantic kinship fueled by an electric chemistry, and he is determined to win her, no matter the price his bitter wife may demand, no matter the cost to his own ambitions. The pressure is enormous, the stakes are high. Everything Dorothy-Anne has worked for seems to be crumbling around her. Even her closest allies may be treacherous enemies. Can she risk her empire and her heart by pursuing a second love?Read More read less...