In a dynasty founded on duty and honour where does a sinner belong?

Her mother was a legendary actress who gave up her career to follow the man she loved. Her father leads a country where powerful forces are determined to overthrow him. Burdened by the guilt of a long-ago sin, Noella de Bartez no longer feels she has a rightful place in her family.

Wilful and rebellious, she rejects the land of her birth for the temptations of Paris and London. There, her uncanny likeness to her mother opens doors to high society but also entraps her in a decadence capable of destroying all her father has worked for. Then, a single shattering event changes everything.

About the Author

Jennifer Bacia's first novel, Indecent Ambition (original title, Shadows of Power) was sold for a record-breaking advance and became an international bestseller. The success of that compelling, fast-paced thriller opened the door to the boom in Australian popular fiction publishing that followed.

The author of nine novels and dozens of short stories, Jennifer was invited to establish the first creative writing course at Bond University. Based on that course, her non-fiction work, Bestseller!: How to Write Novels that Sell, offers a detailed, practical guide to writing for the popular fiction market.

Born in the UK of a Scottish mother and Polish father, Jennifer has lived in London, Rome and LA and now resides in Brisbane, Australia. Her surname is pronounced 'batcher'.