Is this love, or an illusion? Amethyst Mackenzie is living a charmed life on California's beaches when her carefree existence comes to an abrupt end. The culprit: enigmatic, commanding Chase Bradford. She's utterly unable to resist him...but he's the coldest, most arrogant man she's ever met, and he scares her nearly as much as he excites her. Is the former stage magician turned renegade billionaire using his talents to entrance her, or is something else pulling them together and igniting their desires?