From Publishers Weekly Tracing the steps of four women named to honor a beloved matriarch， the author of the bestseller Circles serves up a bevy of beautiful， talented women， powerful men， and a few requisite dollops of human frailty. Young， headstrong Jinx makes a rapid ascension up the career ladder after marrying the owner of a string of deluxe hotels. When she meets Cissie， wife of a bedhopping politician and the manager of a chic clothing boutique， their striking resemblance leads Jinx to the father who abandoned her. Yet no one else in the familynot her social-climbing half-sister Becca， nor Frannie， the selfish top-flight modelwill admit the truth. While Jinx struggles to come to terms with her father's rejection， Becca vengefully tries to destroy the rival who seems to block her path at every turn. Frannie's insecurities and Becca's monstrous nature do set off some sparks， but not enough to make a tired， overblown formula seem fresh and exciting. 75，000 first printing; $75，000 ad/promo. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information， Inc. From Library Journal The glamorous big-money worlds of hotels and haute couture， politics and Hollywood， set the scene for First Born ， which intertwines the stories of four women. Each is the granddaughter of a woman she never knew， but from whom she receives a genetic legacy: Cissie， the fiery crusader who devotes herself too generously to any just cause and to everyone she loves; Frankie， beautiful model and actress， yet so insecure that she permits herself to be manipulated first by her bitter mother， then by her agent; Jinx， abandoned by her father and determined to prove herself to the family that will not acknowledge her; Becca， inheritor of her grandmother's unbreakable spirit but driven by it to destroy the half-sister who divides her father's affections. The women and men are all stunningly attractive， the careers challenging and lucrative. But beneath the glitzy trappings， Mortman ( Circles ) has crafted a solid structure of actions， reactions， and consequences. Better-than-average escapist reading. A.M.B. Amantia， Population Crisis Committee Lib.， Washington， D.C.Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information， Inc. See all Editorial Reviews