She had created a Golden Empire, but another dream was still to be fulfi lled. SINS OF OMISSION is a sweeping family saga of passion and triumph that spans fi fty years. From a life of poverty in a small French Province, Renee Dubois would fi ght impossible odds to become the

sensation of Paris, in the 1920''s and 1930's, building a magnifi cent fashion dynasty that would span the globe. Yet the money and power that gave her entrée into the glittering glamour capitals of the world did not soothe the anguish of sacrifi cing the passions of her heart. Nor could it shield her from the vengeance of a woman obsessed with destroying her. It is Renee's indomitable will and boundless love that let her triumph—-for the family empire she had created and for the man she thought she had lost forever.