NEW YORK'S FIRST FAMILY At the center of wealth and power in America, against the backdrop of the corporate boardrooms of Manhattan, the political back rooms and public arenas of government, and Riverview, a 3,000-acre Hudson Valley estate, the towering saga of the Stockwell progeny unfolds. Their hidden secrets, tumultuous passions, and bitter rivalries are chronicled in a riveting story of stupendous wealth and seductive power and one family's bid to control their dynasty. Relatives and rivals, into their hands pass not only the hope of a nation but an inheritance so vast and far-reaching it threatens to become a...BITTER LEGACY. Holly, the favorite granddaughter, fled a disastrous marriage for the safety of home - only to discover there the hidden truths that could undermine it all. Peter, whose Stockwell father was the family's weakest link, is now determined to prove his own worthiness, at any price. Patrice, dynamic, successful, and pragmatic, supports her father's rightful claim to inherit leadership, but the man she loves has different plans... And Buffy, as avaricious as she is sexy, with no lawful claim to inherit, but every chance at winning...