Would her tragic past blight her future? Helen was not emotionally ready for any man—much less the forceful actor Leon Masters. A brief disastrous marriage had left her terrified of men. She wanted desperately to forget her past, but she couldn't—not yet. And she couldn't expect Leon to wait for her. She must get out of his life before he found out her secret, for surely he would hate her for it. Anything was better than having Leon hate her... even living without him, the man she loved with all her heart.