Power. Sex. Money. Fame. The new Hollywood wives have it all. And if they don't have it--they want it. And whatever these women want--they get. Ambitious, young, smart, and lethal, the Hollywood wives are back with a vengeance, pushing their way to the forefront. Forget shopping--they're into achieving everything their famous husbands have and more, and they don't care how they do it.

Three talented, ambitious dreamers have struggled for super-stardom--and lived hard and fast in a mind-bending whirl of parties, drugs, and sex. Now their fates collide at the plush Los Angeles estate of a powerful music industry magnate, where one man's secret vendetta will trap them in its sudden, murderous heat....

Nick and Lauren can never forget each other. Teenage small-town lovers--he from the wrong side of the tracks, she the prettiest girl in town--their love was the town scandal, forbidden, sizzling and unforgettable, ending abruptly in a tragedy that sent them into separate orbits. As Nick and Lauren both rise to fame, haunted by the secret they share, they try to live without each other--only to find they can't.