Get a glimpse into the male-dominated 1950s, where men ruled and alluring women beguiled while trying to position themselves into lives of comfort. Melody's façade of elegance and confidence hides her rapidly plummeting lifestyle until she's forced to face reality. Gorgeous, sweet, trusting Lara climbs out of depravity, but may be heading toward a total relapse. Hard-edged Carla, the bitter conniver, tries to outsmart one and all in order to be the winner.

Power players—the movie star, the international singing sensation, the wunderkind executive headhunter, the dynamic attorney, and the nearly legitimate underworld fixer—are caught up in a manipulative, handsome Asian-American honcho's exploitation schemes.

Underlying their erotic dark sides, impossible dreams, and demanding demons is the need for each woman to accept her own vulnerabilities, to know how to take risks, whether with money, sex, love, drugs, or even integrity. Giving in to one's weakness can lead to true love—or to downfall. The takers become the losers. True love is lurking around every corner, but it must be earned. Can any one of them make the right choices? Get your copy now and find out!