Carolyne Swayze

Of Noble Character Carolyne Swayze

Set primarily in San Francisco, the story focuses on the multi-generational Adler family, spanning close to 150 years. At the onset, patriarch Penuel Adler, flees a 1914 Vienna with his family, and heads to America escaping a change in a social climate caused by an influx of over one hundred thousand Eastern European refugees fleeing Russia. Penuel will soon discover that life in America will bring profound changes. While the saga recounts the story of the Adler's, it focuses primarily on Penuel's grandson, John (Jay) Adler. Orphaned at age seven, Jay is raised by relatives in New York. Upon graduation from Harvard, he goes to work for Rupeover Manufacturing, and upon buying out his employer, he moves the headquarters to a 1970s San Francisco, where with the aid of his trusted friend, Gordon Daly, he becomes a self-made billionaire with a seemingly Midas flair for businesses. His personal life, however, belies that notion. Twenty years married to the beautiful Sydney, socialite extraordinaire, has failed to produce an Adler heir, and something must be done to reshape the Adler's legacy. As the main characters struggle, defying fate itself to reclaim their destiny, in the end they learn that even in the face of heartbreaking betrayal, to never underestimate the power of love. This is the Second Edition of the originally 2012 version with a 20,000 word added storyline.