title: The Jewels of Tessa Kent: A Novel
author:  Judith Krantz 
description: an who brought us <b>Scruples</b>, <b>Dazzle</b>, and <b>Spring Collection</b> comes a provocative new novel, a deeply moving mother-daughter tale set amid the elegance of a famed New York auction house and the glamour of Hollywood.<br /><br />A mother's secret...<br /><br />Tessa Kent, exquisite and precocious, gave birth to an illegitimate daughter when she was only fourteen. Her parents raised the infant, Maggie, as their 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, eighteen-year-old Maggie breaks all ties with Tessa and starts to work at the famed Manhattan auction house of Scott &amp; Scott.<br /><br />A daughter's fury...<br /><br />Five years later, a life-altering crisis makes Tessa passionately determined to end this estrangement. There's only one way Tessa can reach out to her daughter: a high-stakes auction of the immens
zlib_text: Contents
  
  About the Book
  
  About the Author
  
  Also by Susan Lewis
  
  Title Page
  
  Dedication
  
  Acknowledgements
  
  Allyson
  
  > Chapter 1
  
  > Chapter 2
  
  > Chapter 3
  
  > Chapter 4
  
  > Chapter 5
  
  Tessa
  
  > Chapter 6
  
  > Chapter 7
  
  > Chapter 8
  
  > Chapter 9
  
  > Chapter 10
  
  > Chapter 11
  
  Shelley
  
  > Chapter 12
  
  > Chapter 13
  
  > Chapter 14
  
  > Chapter 15
  
  > Chapter 16
  
  > Chapter 17
  
  > Chapter 18
  
  > Chapter 19
  
  > Chapter 20
  
  Copyright
  
  About the Book
  
  Allyson Jaymes has it all – celebrity, power, and a glamorous marriage. Until
  her world is destroyed by the bitterest betrayal of all: her husband’s
  explosive affair with her nineteen-year-old assistant, Tessa Dukes.
  
  Tessa’s ambitions burn fiercely. Her chilling manipulation of fame and her
  steady destruction of so many dreams and ambitions lead all concerned into a
  fatal minefield of sexual obsession, psychotic jealousy and deadly treachery…
  
  About the Author
  
  Susan Lewis is the bestselling author of twenty-seven novels. She is also the
  author of _Just One More 