Eighteen powerful merchants—owners of luxury boutiques, art galleries, trading firms, and real estate empires—navigate the post-2008 recession recovery in a glittering global hub (think Singapore, Dubai, or Shanghai). Their business dealings are intimate, their betrayals personal, and their romantic entanglements as volatile as the stock market.
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