It is 1987 and Katherine Bennet is at the height of her beauty, power and fame as star of the TV series, The Skeffingtons. But her private life is in tatters. Newly divorced, with a son who is threatening to go off the rails, Katherine promises herself and her public that she will never marry again. Katherine's lifestyle is opulent - complete with maids, butler, cook and chauffer - but it is also lonely. Great fame and beauty have isolated her. And there is also plenty of envy and back-biting from her fellow stars who seek her out for the wrong reasons. such isolation makes a woman vulnerable - especially to the wrong man. This novel is a gripping and utterly realistic portrait of what it is like to be a woman with everything the world can offer - except the one thing she wants above all.