Overnight, Lara Cameron's fortune, achievements and marriage are at risk. Paul Martin, her lawyer, is faced with her desire for independence and his own compulsion not to let her go. Howard Keller, Lara's longtime friend and mentor, is torn between loyalty to her and maintaining a terrifying secret, one that must never be revealed -especially to Lara. It is Philip Adler who offers Lara an exciting new world, but at a devastating price that threatens to destroy them both.