cover image Treasures

Treasures

Johanna Kingsley. Warner Books, $5.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-446-36123-1

Pietra d'Angeli grows up in a poor immigrant family of gem-cutters, earns a lavish lifestyle with her talent for jewelry design and uses her riches to search for her stolen inheritance, a cache of jewels. According to PW , ``Kingsley builds an intricate plot spiced with hedonistic fantasies and the luxurious lore of gems.'' (Dec.)