Post-Civil War New York was a golden city where wealth waited for the bold and everything had its price. It was here that well-born but impoverished Lucy Markham sought fame and fortune on the stage under a false name—and became the toast of the town and the target of every man-about-town. It was here that handsome, iron-willed millionaire Josh Dylan came to put the seal on his success by conquering society. The moment Josh saw Lucy, he wanted her—but only as his mistress. The moment Lucy saw Josh, she fought to quell her desire for him. For neither could afford to surrender to the one thing that threatened their carefully laid plains. Love.

The Actor's Daughter... Beautiful Hannah Darling had the theater in her blood - as daughter of Blayne Darling, the American West's most beloved matinee idol. In her blood was passion as well, waiting to be ignited. Yet, in the late nineteenth century, fear and shyness kept Hannah from stardom on the stage, just as it kept her from fulfillment as a woman. Only in the hands of the dashing acting coach Kyle Harper did she dare face the public behind the footlights - from the raw camps of the Wyoming Territory to glittering New York. And only in driving tycoon Gray Dylan did she dare come face to face with fiery desire as she was torn between the intoxication of being an adored actress and the ecstasy of being a beloved woman. This is the sequel to The Gilded Cage.