The daughter of a Swiss banking dynasty, Madeleine Gabriel lived a life of splendor until her handsome, scandalous father mysteriously disappeared. Turning her back on her family's coldness and everything else in their "house of lies," Madeleine goes to Paris to seek her beloved father. Instead, she finds love in a man of passion and talent - only to lose him in heartbreaking tragedy. Fashioning a new life as a young, single mother in New York, Madeleine faces her greatest challenge and deepest peril when her father, found dead, leaves her a priceless family legacy - the exquisitely jeweled Eternite.

But someone else covets Eternite...someone who knows its dark history...someone willing to bargain with a little boy's life...someone prepared to kill for the legacy. Filled with intrigue and suspense, this spellbinding novel sweeps across two continents and three generations to bring us the excitement and glamour of the world's most legendary cities and the radiance of beautiful gems - sparkling and deadly.