At just twenty-seven years old, Tom Kalson is a rich and famous Hollywood actor. Thanks to the support of his friend Jeremy Timos and his trusted agent Clark Stardan, he has managed to emerge and establish himself in that world of spotlights, cameras, fame and glory that everyone dreams of, and now, nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role, he sees his career take off.His life is suddenly turned up-side down when he meets Rain, a raven-haired, iceeyed nineteen-year-old girl with whom he falls madly in love.The new love story is not the only thing that turns Tom's entire existence upside down: the ghosts of a dark past, a murder charge and a detective determined to solve the ca-se will test his fortitude and force him to come to terms with a world that is as beautiful as it is cruel