He'd force her to see the truth

Lucilla wanted stardom--had since she was very small--and she was prepared to go to any lengths to get it. Or so she thought...

But the glamorous, sophisticated persona Lucilla presented to the world cloaked a lost and vulnerable little girl, and Nicholas Barrington saw right through her. He was neither bowled over by her beauty nor repelled by her attempts to be ruthless.

Suddenly she was faced with a situation she couldn't handle--one filled with real emotion and a desire for love.