"The lives of three Southern women are tainted by one man -- the charismatic, ruthlessly ambitious Jack Sullivan -- until he's finally stopped by a bullet. Suzanne: Beautiful, intelligent and burning for a career in the law, she is nearly destroyed by a single act of violence. Guarding her secret, she rises in her profession -- then scandal breaks. Taylor: Suzanne's sister. Marrying the man of the hour, she should have been happy forever. Instead, she's only a pawn in her husband's ruthless climb to the top. Annie: Their eccentric cousin by marriage, she runs from the secrets of her heart. Tragedy brings her home and temptation beckons, but she vows not to repeat her mother's mistakes"--Publisher.