She was a regal beauty, wife of a wealthy California financier, devoted mother and mistress of Silverwood, her glorious estate. For over half a century she welcomed the social elite, the captains of industry, stars and scoundrels, lovers and opportunists at Siverwood's magnificent gates.
Yet beneath her gracious facade, Ada Prudhomme guarded the secrets of her life with the ferocity of a tigress. To some, she was an imperious beauty...to others, a brilliant actress who concealed a past of murder, deception and tragedy. In this spellbinding novel of passion and suspense, the truth behind the legend of Silverwood emerges in Ada Prudhomme's most fabulous creation, the most daring illusion of her life...herself.