Joanne was a shadow of her lovely mother.

Everywhere she went, Clea Thorpe was the center of attention. And Joanne had been content enough living in her shadows, until Ben Norris arrived at their villa in Nice.

He seemed drawn to Clea, even offered to back her latest film. But his motives were not as simple as they seemed. The day Joanne discovered his real feelings was the day she decided she never wanted to see him again.

Now, after five years, she thought she'd got him out of her system. Then she opened a hotel room door, to suddenly find herself right back at square one.