In this glittering family saga, Amber Sail has

been raised in a world of wealth and privilege

by her powerbroker father, Max Sail. Smart,

shrewd, and determined to achieve, whatever

the cost, Amber jet-sets around the globe,

more like Max than she ll ever know, finding

support in her best friends, Becky and

Madeleine, whose own lives are spiraling out

of control. Paola, Amber s half-sister, groomed

by her mother to succeed where she failed--

getting a man to marry her--is determined to

receive everything Amber has, anyway she can.

Amber and Paola s father, Max--rich, utterly

ruthless, and a man without a past--is mar-

ried to Angela, a society debutante who fell in

love with him back when he was still an enig-

matic, handsome chauffeur. Angela broke her

parents hearts when she married Max, and

has come to rely on alcohol to cope with his

infidelity. And Francesca, Max s Iongtime mis-

tress, once a glamorous Alitalia airline stew-

ardess, sees in Angela s husband her ticket

out of the Italian provinces.

Moving effortlessly across five decades

and several continents, Saffron Skies is a

magnificent story of sisters, friends, families,

and love from Lesley Lokko, an outstanding

new voice in women s fiction.