Worth Millions

<p>When a penniless bookkeeper's last will names the richest man in Westchester as heir-and entrusts his beloved daughter Imogen to that same fortune-an old steward a proud millionaire and a shy country girl are swept into a maelstrom of greed manners and secret longing. <em>Worth Millions</em> is a propulsive 1920s tale of estates and auctions broken promises and improbable kindness where antique beds fetch fortunes telegrams travel faster than truth and an impulsive young scamp can turn a single evening into a lifetime of consequences.</p><p>From the oak-paneled Killigrew library to the frozen runs of Lake Placid and the shabby grace of Dobbs's Corners Richard Barry sketches a vivid world of class codes and private loyalties. Isaiah Scroggins is the heart of the story-the loyal superintendent who will risk everything for Imogen. Peter Killigrew is the reluctant magnate whose inherited caution clashes with a new dangerous tenderness. And Imogen herself is the quiet resolute center: a wildflower in a moneyed garden whose choices bind them all.</p><p>Equal parts social comedy romantic suspense and moral fable <em>Worth Millions</em> asks what a fortune is really worth-and what one must pay to redeem the human heart.</p>