When her billionaire boyfriend suddenly dies, Rachel Montgomery finds herself in the eye of a media storm. Becoming the butt of national jokes, she is besieged by vicious bloggers and cynical opportunists. Terribly ill, struggling to pay her mother's medical bills, Rachel just wants to disappear. But that isn't meant to be, for Rachel is soon confronted by a relentless adversary-the late tycoon's embittered ex-wife. Rachel From the Edge is the fast-moving story of a brilliant, mysterious, and deeply introverted young woman caught up in events beyond her experience. Pamela Benson is coming to grips with the unexpected death of her infamous ex-husband, lashing out at her enemies. Her daughter Rory is a student-nurse seeking to make amends for her jet-setting past. It's also the story of a family. Daniel Benson's estranged older son, a lawyer holding a grudge against his late father, and Benson's younger son, a wastrel angry at the world. How will this family survive against forces trying to tear them apart? And more significantly, who is Rachel Montgomery? What is the great project that absorbs her to the point of obsession? And how will the mystery of this strange young woman change all of their lives?