Alexandra Corday and her little brother live with their grandmother, where Alex pursues a career as a singer, while attending college and working for a caterer to parties for some of Hollywood's elite. Her beauty and talent capture the interest of Matt Montrose, son of a powerful director. Matt has never had an interest in the glamour, choosing instead a life as a photojournalist in war-torn parts of the world. Seeing Matt's interest in the beauty, his step-brother Dirk pursues her, and it leads to disaster. Dirk is dangerous. A man without a conscience. Alex is forced to put all of that behind her as she deals with the sudden death of her grandmother, and her beloved little brother is taken to live with an aunt and uncle, who cut Alex out of their lives. Much later, when Alex continues a struggle to survive and earn enough to bring her little brother to live with her, she is offered a leading part in a movie, and learns, too late, that Dirk will be her co-star. It is a set-up for disaster, and may well cost her not only the love and respect of Matt, the only man she has ever loved, but also her very life. New York Times best-selling author Ruth Ryan Langan, who also writes under the pseudonym R. C. Ryan, is the author of over 100 novels, both contemporary romantic-suspense and historical adventure. Quite an accomplishment for this mother of five who, after her youngest child started school, gave herself the gift of an hour a day to follow her dream to become a published author.Ruth has given dozens of radio, television and print interviews across the country and Canada, and has been quoted in such diverse publications as THE WALL STREET JOURNAL and COSMOPOLITAN. Ruth has also been interviewed on CNN NEWS, as well as GOOD MORNING AMERICA.
