IN A WORLD THAT GAVE HER NOTHING, SHE TOOK EVERYTHING SHE COULD... She was Therese Lachman -- bastard child, courtesan, spy...brilliant, cunning, and beautiful beyond measure... She was born into squalid poverty yet grew to become the wealthies...
Valeria Lee, an elegant and beguiling southern aristocrat, was the beautiful cousin of General Robert E. Lee. But in the bitter aftermath of the Civil War, her breeding and taste counted for nothing. Surviving sudden poverty, the burning of her belov...