The Van DeMans

The Van DeMans by Catherine Goodard

Geoffrey Van DeMan, patriarch of the prestigious Van DeMan family, is dying. His especially doted on daughters Emily and Christie, and son Eric, are desperately anxious to receive Geoffrey's final will. Word has it that the patriarch will not hold to his past promises of dividing the family wealth equally.

The old Mrs Van DeMan thinks she is the only other person privy to the will and has started a very public compaign backing her husband's decision and consoling her bereft daughter Christie. A shame-faced Mrs Van DeMan is secretly elated that her daughters, who have stolen all of Geoffrey's love from her, will only be receiving a paltry token sum and that the bulk of the family fortune will go to her most beloved Eric and his family.

The high society family is breaking down as Emily's indifferent front is a cover for the fear of losing even her small inheritence by consorting with a man who does not meet with Geoffrey's approval. If only Geoffrey could die before she is exposed.

Meanwhile, Eric is keeping the biggest secret yet. His perfect family is a scam - paid actors hired to maintain the the happy facade expected by society and his family. Eric struggles to come to terms with his sexual impotency and the fact that the honoured Van DeMan name will die with him.

The day the will is read changes the lives of the Van DeMan children forever.



Avon Books, 2007
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