The listing, The Jewels of Tessa Kent - by Judith Krantz has ended.
Paperback book in excellent condition. No wear and tear not even in the binding. Storyline: Tessa Kent, exquisite an dprecocious, gave birth to an illegitimate child when she was only 14. Her parents raised the infant, Maggie, as thier own child, as Tessa went on to become an international movie star. Maggie lives for her glamorous "sister's" infrequent whirlwind visits. But when she accidentally learns the truth, 18 year old Maggie breaks all ties with Tessa and starts work at the fames Manhatten auction house of Scott & Scott. Five years later, a life-altering crisis makes Tessa passionately determined to end this estrangement. There's only one wat Tessa can reach out to her daughter: a high-stakes auction of the immensely valuable collection of famed jewels lavished on her by her late husband. Tessa promises Scott & Scott the auction on the condition that Maggie and she dwork closely together on the sale. Tessa's whole future hangs in th ebalance--for she knows her happiness depends on what may be an impossible roconciliation...