The Ladies of Beverly Hills
Cohen, Sharleen Cooper
Four women are linked by a passion for the same man, Belson McKintridge, a legendaryscreen idol and notorious womanizer. McKintridge risks everything for one desperate,international scam, setting forces in motion that will change the ladies' exoticworld forever. In Beverly Hills, nearly everything and everyone is for sale.
Phyllis McKintridge, the beautiful daughter of Felix Anhalt, a wealthy real estatemagnate, is married to Belson's grandson, Peter. Peter is heir to the fabulousMcKintridge estate that includes thousands of acres of choice Beverly Hills property,several houses, a golf course and a huge staff of servants. But Phyllis must learn thepainful cost of love and how fleeting her happiness can be in the face of muchstronger forces.
Marla Gilbert is not content to stay home with her two children and wondersif it's truly her husband's business that keeps him away so much. When she throws herselfinto a new career as an interior designer, it opens up avenues of fulfillment she did notassociate with the business world.
Vicky Feinstein is a novelist, struggling desperately to be accepted by the right people.She grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in the Beverly Hills and fights her own needsand desires in an attempt to get what she thinks she wants. Kept on the outside bythe powerful Belson McKintridge and the vindictive Leslie Paxton Winokur, she claws herway until she gains entry into their exclusive inner sanctum, only to discover it isrotten to the core.
Leslie Paxton Winokur used her talent and fierce ambition to escape her life in a smallTexas town and become the top interior designer in Beverly Hills. But her many secretsand strong desire for revenge finally destroy her only chance to have what she really craves.
Here in this golden lotus land of glamour, sensuality and seduction, these four women share a rivalryand drama that no other playground of the rich and famous can match. And no pleasureor passion can compare to the sweetness of revenge against Belson McKintridge.