Beautiful, independent-minded Hillary Baxter was only twenty-one when she swapped the fields of rural Kansas for the bright lights of New York City.Three years later she is a successful model and proud to have made it on her own terms.Now a chance encounter with Bret Bardoff, the charismatic owner of Mode magazine, might just send her career into the stratosphere.But at what cost?Bret is famed for being strong-willed, demanding . . . and brilliant. As Hillary spends more time with him she begins to discover another, softer side to his character.Hillary knows she should keep her distance - with the frosty Charlene Mason on his arm, Bret is very much spoken for.But it's much easier to strike a pose than it is to control your heart . . .