Fixtures on the society pages, in international boardrooms, and in the highest echelons of government, the members of the powerful De Vere family lead charmed and envied lives, moving between their London mansion, Oxfordshire country house, and exclusive Martha’s Vineyard estate when they are not jet setting around the globe.

But beneath their gilded façade and seemingly unbreakable familial bonds lie secrets, ugly, dirty, and deadly. When long buried mistakes of youth begin to resurface, old hatreds that reach back generations are rekindled and the De Veres find themselves on the brink of losing their empire and everything it bestows.

Now, with their money, their power, and their prestige threatened, how far will each of the De Veres go to conceal the truth and protect the family . . . and themselves?