A sweeping epic saga of love desire and betrayal The perfect read for fans of THE CROWN June 1909 in a large Berlin mansion cousins Zelda and Vicky are about to meet brothers Berthold and Josef for the first time an evening that will alter the course of their lives forever Vicky Hudson is only seventeen when she marries Berthold and moves from her idyllic Yorkshire home to Berlin She finds it hard to adjust to her new life not least when she discovers that the family business she has just married into Remer Steel is producing weaponry for the German army With the First World War looming Vicky flees to Yorkshire with her children leaving Berlin and her husband behind Striking darkhaired beauty Zelda Wallace is no stranger to marriage Widowed at just twentyone with a young son she is eager to meld into Berlins high society and sever all ties with her American identity But beneath the surface Zelda holds a deeply hidden secret that if revealed could threaten everything she holds dear