Alison Fairmont Villard wakes in a hospital bed with a faceshe doesn't recognize and a husband she doesn't know.Andrew Villard, a self-made millionaire, has a bright future buta shadowy past. When he tells Alison the details of their lifetogether, she has no choice but to believe him--and to acceptthe shocking proposal he offers. It isn't just the partial amnesia that Alison suffers. She hasher own terrifying secrets that can't be entrusted to anyone, even Andrew. Even the police suspect he was behind Alison'snear fatal accident aboard his yacht and were ready to chargehim with murder before her body was found, battered on therazor-sharp coral reefs.