Never married Aimee Dunsmore hides her identity as a successful Gothic Romance ghostwriter. Aimee got her start as a ghostwriter for a reclusive movie star, an assignment which took her from the Hamptons to Hollywood. Now back home, she's content to remain in obscurity and write her novels.

She meets Mitch and decides to take a chance on love in real life, only his unstable ex-wife becomes determined to make it impossible for Mitch to ever find happiness again. She goes to extremes to drive Aimee away for good.