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1 New York Times Bestseller A saga of power greed and illicit love set in the Gilded Age of upstate New York

Jerome Lindsey and his foster brother Alfred couldnt be more different The son of a wealthy banker in upstate New York Jerome leaves home for a life of extravagance and adventure seducing countless women along the way Meanwhile Alfred becomes an executive at the family bank and his adoptive fathers heir apparent After his wife dies Alfred shows little interest in remarryinguntil he meets Amalie Maxwell the ravishing and headstrong daughter of a tenant farmer

Fearing that his inheritance is at stake Jerome returns home to expose Amalie as a shameless gold digger But the more he schemes against her the closer hes drawn to her Now Jerome and Amalie will discover the thin line between love and hateand that a moment of passion can have a lifetimes worth of consequences

A mesmerizing tale of forbidden desire and a brilliant portrait of smalltown America during the Reconstruction Era This Side of Innocence is a masterful piece of storytelling from one of the twentieth centurys most beloved authors The Philadelphia Inquirer

Contains mature themes