Fortunes Author:Vera Cowie Set amid the glamorous showrooms of the world's third largest auction house, Cowie's novel provides all the elements of a modern fairy tale: two stepsisters, one beautiful, yet evil, the other strongly principled and gifted with an inner beauty; a handsome heir, torn by his needs for them both; the empire of Despard et Cie, to be battled for in ... more »a winner-take-all competition.« less