BOOK TWO OF THE BUTTERFLY TRILOGYFrom the author of the New York Times bestseller Butterfly comes a provocative, riveting tale of one woman's escape from her haunting past.The rich, the glamorous, the powerful all come to STARS-to gossip, to make deals . . . and to indulge luxuriously in their most erotic fantasies. At the magnificent and secluded Palm Springs mountaintop resort, bodies-and souls-are offered up to save fragile careers . . . or are used to extract the final succulent and satisfying drops of sweet retribution. And above it all, manipulating events from the shadows, is the beautiful owner of STARS-a woman of great mystery, fleeing the tragedy, disgrace, and scandal of a devastating past that haunts her every moment.The rich, the glamorous, the powerful all come to STARS-to gossip, to make deals . . . and to indulge luxuriously in their most erotic fantasies. At the magnificent and secluded Palm Springs mountaintop resort, bodies-and souls-are offered up to save fragile careers . . . or are used to extract the final succulent and satisfying drops of sweet retribution. And above it all, manipulating events from the shadows, is the beautiful owner of STARS-a woman of great mystery, fleeing the tragedy, disgrace, and scandal of a devastating past that haunts her every moment.