To her fans, Roxanne Scarbrough is the genteel Southern queen of good taste—she's built an empire around the howto's of gracious living. To her critics—and there are many— Roxanne is a tyrant. And now somebody wants her dead.

Chelsea Cassidy, Roxanne's official biographer, knows that Roxanne is determined to keep her dark secrets buried, whatever the cost. But when Chelsea begins to unearth the truth about Roxanne's life, her search leads her back into the arms of her college love, Cash Beaudine—a man Roxanne wants for herself. And suddenly Chelsea's investigation takes on a very personal nature—with potentially fatal consequences.