"The three full-length novels of the Lear Sister Trilogy. When a powerful and rich patriarch learns he is dying, he realizes he has been such a force in this daughters' lives that he doesn't trust they will make it without him. In Material Girl, Robin, the oldest, is fired from her cushy job in the family business so that she can learn the ropes, instead of flitting about the world as a high-flying woman with men and money at her fingertips. In Beauty Queen, Rebecca, the middle child is a former beauty queen whose life is golden. But inside, she is a perfectly-poised mess. When her husband leaves her, her father won't help her get the job she desperately needs, and Rebecca has to learn to stand on her own feet. In Miss Fortune, Rachel, the youngest, is a dreamer and a perpetual grad student. When her father cuts her off to launch her into the real world, she is launched almost literally into the arms of a hunky Brit. Is his affection for her real, or is it all just a dream?."--