Casey Whitmore was born beautiful—and he’s spent a lifetime turning beauty into power.
The golden-haired son of two physicians, Casey escapes into the art world, where talent and charm carry him from provocative affairs with his professors to the glittering heights of New York society. As a jewelry designer whose pieces gleam in Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus, he builds a world of swans, benefactors, and high-fashion intrigue—leaving behind lovers as easily as last season’s collection.
But reinvention comes at a cost.
When age and exhaustion pull him from Manhattan to a crumbling Hudson River town on the brink of revival, Casey restores an old house, opens a jewel-box shop, and begins again. Surrounded by devoted dogs, elegant women, and a vibrant gay community, he rediscovers the quiet thrill of possibility.In a place where everything old becomes new again, Casey must confront the one thing he’s always outrun: the chance to love—and be loved—without leaving.
