At the exclusive Burning Cove Hotel on the coast of California, rookie reporter Irene Glasson finds herself staring down at a beautiful actress at the bottom of a pool…

The dead woman had something Irene wanted: a red-hot secret about an up-and-coming leading man—a scoop that may have gotten her killed. As Irene searches for the truth about the drowning, she’s drawn to a master of deception.

Once a world-famous magician whose career was mysteriously cut short, Oliver Ward is now the owner of the Burning Cove Hotel. He can’t let scandal threaten his livelihood, even if it means trusting Irene, a woman who seems to have appeared in Los Angeles out of nowhere four months ago.

With Oliver’s help, Irene soon learns that the glamorous paradise of Burning Cove hides dark and dangerous secrets. And that the past—always just out of sight—could drag them both under…


加州海岸的高檔伯寧灣飯店裡，新手主播艾琳格列森在泳池邊一直盯著池底的美麗女演員……

艾琳想從這位身亡的女演員身上得到關於一位有大好前程男人的勁爆秘辛。這個獨家新聞也可能讓艾琳惹來殺身之禍。挖掘溺斃案的真相也讓她一步一步接近騙局高手。

奧利佛華德過去是一位世界知名的魔術師，但職業生涯卻因為不明原因突然中斷，現在他是伯寧灣飯店的老闆。他不能讓這次的醜聞影響到飯店的生意，即使這代表他必須相信艾琳這位四個月前突然出現在洛杉磯的女子。

有了奧利佛華德的幫忙，艾琳很快就發現這間金碧輝煌的伯寧灣飯店藏著不為人知的危險秘密。這段過去可能會將他們拖進萬丈深淵。