DAZZLING Lili McKendrick is a dazzling star of the San Francisco stage whose exotic beauty hides a bitter past. But when a famous actress is found dead, it is Lili who is suspected of murder. DANGEROUS Gray Harper has built a vast shipping empire in the waters off the California Coast. Feared by many, known by few, he conceals his scars behind a black silk mask, living dangerously in the night shadows of San Francisco. DECEIVED From the magnificent mansions of Nob Hill to the Barbary Coast, Lili and Gray are reluctant partners in a deadly game... wary lovers bound by a passion that could destroy them.