The EstateThe family rooms
Sunset over the Pacific, every surface polished, every conversation careful.
The Story
Wealth is easy to see. Secrets are not.
On the San Diego coast, the Blackwell name means money, influence and the kind of security most families only imagine.
Douglas Martin Blackwell built Blackwell Holdings from the ground up. His wife, Elizabeth Windsworth-Blackwell, was born into old money and knows exactly what a reputation is worth. Together they raised three children to carry the name forward.
Doug, the eldest, has done everything right and still waits for his father's approval. Veronica plays the perfect daughter by day and lives a very different life after dark. Collin, the youngest, is the family's favourite disappointment—and he notices more than anyone thinks.
But the empire is not as steady as it looks. A recent deal has put more at risk than the family knows. And thirty years ago, Marty had a business partner named Jonathan Peterson. Jonathan is dead. The questions he left behind are not.
Someone has come looking for the truth. They may be closer to the family than anyone realises.
The World
Every room is keeping something.
The Estate
The EmpireBlackwell Holdings
Glass, steel and a legacy that has to outlive its founder.
Private QuartersElizabeth's sitting room
Where the hostess goes when the guests have gone home.
After DarkThe lounge
Velvet, candlelight and a voice the Blackwells have never heard.
The Reading RoomVenus
Cards on the table. Warnings in the silence between them.
By NightUnder the moon
When the lights go down, the secrets come out.
Begin at the beginning
The Blackwell Name.
The world sees wealth, power and perfection. Marty Blackwell knows how fragile all three have become.