Beverly Hills, an enclave of the super-rich, where passion has its price. Rodeo Drive, a street where lives are bought and sold.

If Beverly Hills is the heart of Hollywood, then Rodeo Drive is its pacemaker. Barney Leason does a surgeon's skillful job in peeling away the . . . sham and hypocrisy that keep the town alive. -Harold Robbins

Veteran reporter Barney Leason has brilliantly portrayed the elite worlds of the rich, privileged, and powerful in his bestselling novels, Rodeo Drive, Scandals, Passions, and Grand Illusions. As a writer and roving correspondent in Europe, Leason has seen, heard, and, once again, tells it all.