Madeleine Force is just 17 when she attracts the attention of Jack Astor. Madeleine is beautiful, intelligent, and solidly upper-class, but the Astors are in a league apart. Jack's mother was the Mrs. Astor, American royalty and New York's most formidable socialite. Jack is a hero of the Spanish-American war, an inventor, and a canny businessman. Despite their 29-year age difference, and the scandal of Jack's recent divorce, Madeleine falls headlong...