The island paradise of Chimera had been her father's dream come true, and now Petrina had to watch it become just another tourist trap. Worst of all, the man responsible for the change was David Palmer—the man she had secretly loved for years, the man who had married her for reasons unknown.

Then Justine Hyland made it very clear that she and David were a twosome, and suddenly Petrina knew why David had taken a bride.

The evidence was all there. Petrina was to be his shield; her love was nothing to him...for he was involved with another man's wife!