The Rich and the Mighty Author:Vera Cowie When Richard Tempest dies, nobody expects that control of his fabulous fortune and worldwide industrial empire will pass to a twenty-seven-year-old woman whom the family has never heard of. His stepchildren prepare for battle, only to discover that they are no match for the icy ruthlessness of a woman who had no time for their pampered world of... more » wealth and privilege. At every turn she has them outmatched. Only when Dev Loughlin returns from exile does Elizabeth Sheridan discover that her own life is at an end and that there is so much more to being rich and mighty an money.« less