The Velvet Jungle

They came to New York City during the darkest days of World War II to carve a niche for themselves, a place to call their own...

VANESSA CONRAD -- her one burning ambition was to have her own design studio on New York's famed Seventh Avenue. But when she met Eddie, her life changed...could she manage a career and a family?

TINA GREGORY -- short on acting talent, she knew that there was only one way for her to make it in Hollywood...as a sex symbol. Her body was her ticket to stardom, and she knew how to use it to her every advantage...

PAT OWENS -- born to wealth and a member of Houston's elite society, her dream was to one day live in the White House. So once she married an influential politician and was on her way to Washington, she decides to overlook her husband's violent temper...and her broken bones...

From New York City to Rome, from Hollywood to Paris to the nation's capitol, master storyteller Julie Ellis spins a page-turning tale of wealth, love and heartbreak...