Vastly powerful and influential, the Stantons were the pinnacle of New York's high society . . . . They were the very embodiment of discretion, secrecy, and above all, honor and good manners. And in their midst, golden girl Lara Victoria Stanton grew up lovingly spoiled: indulged and adored by her father and brothers, organized by her mother like a favorite charity to one day assume her role as grande dame of American high society. But the men who...