Young Nicole has lived all her life on an island off the south coast of France and loves her beautiful Mediterranean island paradise - but her quiet world is sahattered when Paul Quest arrives. For she not only finds him devasting but he has composed the music for a dozen popular shows and is famous. He sweeps her off her feet, bu his friend, Harry, pities the girl. He knows that Paul has had many loves in his life. But the dashing composer looked deep into her eyes and promised to carry her away to his London penthouse. And so shy, tender Nicole traded her simple bluejeans and rope-soled sandals for high fashion and the dizzying sophistication of Paul's elite social whirl. Is London too sophisticated for the unspoilt girl from the Mediterranean? He transformed her quiet world into a dazzling realm of money and success... but could she see what was in his heart? Because even as her young heart thrilled ot its first passionate romance, the question burned: would Paul's love stand the test, or was she destined to become just another of his brief affairs? It is then that Nicole finds out what really matters to a woman in the bad, mad wolrd of money and success.