Golden Heights
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Sebastian Vale was a powerful businessman, respected philanthropist, and patriarch of one of the country's most prestigious families.
Then he died and another family appeared.
For nearly thirty years, Helena Vale and Marianne Rowan had both believed they were Sebastian's wife. Neither knew about the other. Between them are eight children, two completely different lives, and decades of carefully hidden lies.
When Sebastian's death exposes financial problems, seized properties, and a complicated will, both families are forced to move into Golden Heights, an exclusive villa left equally to all eight children.
But sharing blood does not make them family.
The Vales resent the Rowans for being proof of their father's betrayal. The Rowans resent the Vales for being the family Sebastian publicly acknowledged. Their mothers can barely tolerate each other, while the children remain distant, professional, and sometimes openly hostile.
As the scandal spreads through high society and more of Sebastian's secrets surface, the two families must live under the same roof while dealing with careers, reputation, inheritance, and a truth none of them asked for.
Sebastian spent his life keeping his families apart.
In death, he leaves them trapped together inside Golden Heights.
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