Philadelphia: Blakiston / Triangle Books, (1944) dj. Hardcover - Set in California's Napa Valley, this is the story of a woman who sacrificed her position and family for a man she loved, only to be repaid with deceit and infidelity, as she learned that other women -including the woman she thought was her best friend - consider a man free if his wife can't hold him. Basis for the MGM film of the same name feauturing Kay Francis, Kay Johnson and Charles Bickford. 312 pp.