

Ward delivers the second novel in her Bourbon Kings series-a sweeping saga of a Southern dynasty struggling to maintain a façade of privilege and prosperity, while secrets and indiscretions threaten its very foundation…** **#1 *New York Times* bestselling author J. No one will be left unmarked: not Tulane’s beautiful and ruthless wife not his older brother, whose bitterness and bad blood know no bounds and especially not the ironfisted Bradford patriarch, a man with few morals, fewer scruples, and many, many terrible secrets.Īs family tensions-professional and intimately private-ignite, Easterly and all its inhabitants are thrown into the grips of an irrevocable transformation, and only the cunning will survive. Now, after two years of staying away, Tulane is finally coming home again, and he is bringing the past with him. Falling in love with Tulane, the prodigal son of the bourbon dynasty, was nothing that she intended or wanted-and their bitter breakup only served to prove her instincts were right. And never the twain shall meet.įor Lizzie King, Easterly’s head gardener, crossing that divide nearly ruined her life. Downstairs, the staff who work tirelessly to maintain the impeccable Bradford facade. Upstairs, a dynasty that by all appearances plays by the rules of good fortune and good taste. Their sustained wealth has afforded them prestige and privilege-as well as a hard-won division of class on their sprawling estate, Easterly.

For generations, the Bradford family has worn the mantle of kings of the bourbon capital of the world.
