She is married with two children and lives in New Jersey. In this vivid and romantic novel, Doris Mortman weaves a world that readers will long remember, with a spirited and engaging heroine who must find her way beyond the past and forge the future that is rightfully hers.ĭoris Mortman has worked in advertising and magazines. There are many who will stop at nothing to possess them, including Maximilian Richard, a man as exciting as he is mysterious, a man Gaby knows may not be what he seems, even as she surrenders to his irresistible charm. But what captures Gaby’s attention is the mystery of the Dinant tapestries, with their magnificent craftsmanship and design, echoing a past age of courtly love. įired with an enthusiasm for antiques and an eagerness to learn, Gaby is drawn into a world of breathtaking riches, full of glittering exhibitions, suspense-filled auctions and heart-stopping risk, but also a world of love, passion and desire.Ī job at the prestigious auction house of Castleton’s ensnares her in the corrosive struggle between brother and sister trying to gain control of the business, and the intense rivalry between Castleton’s and Lafitte et Fils.
It is a small lie, but as Gaby learns, even small secrets can take on a life of their own. Determined to carve a career and a new life for herself, she goes to New York and, cloaked in a borrowed identity, Gaby Cocroft becomes Gabrielle Didier. Gaby Cocroft’s world is destroyed when her husband leaves her and she is suddenly alone, without money, without work and without love. Now in her most dazzling and involving tale yet, she takes us inside the opulent high-stakes world of the international antiques business with the moving story of a woman’s determination to remodel her life. Doris Mortman’s glittering first novel, Circles, and the sweeping dramatic story of her second, First Born, have placed her high among compelling women storytellers.
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