The only child of a U.S. naval officer father and a charmingmother, Grace Houston is the center of her parents' universe -- until suddentragedy tears her world apart. Now Grace and her mother, Jackie Lee, move fromthe naval base in Virginia to ritzy Palm Beach, Florida, to start all overagain. It's hard enough being the new girl -- but Grace is enrolled at aprestigious private school where what you wear is more important than who youare. Now her own mother is pressuring her to do whatever it takes to beaccepted by the in-crowd. But Grace just wants to close her eyes anddisappear.... Soon Jackie Lee marries a sophisticated millionaire, WinstonMontgomery, who is her ticket to high society. But happiness once againvanishes into the shadows...and it's not long before the young and dashingKirby Scott works his way into Jackie Lee's life. He's got his eye on her newlyinherited fortune -- and something much more precious: her beautiful, innocentdaughter....
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