Privileged Secrets

IN THE LUSH ENCLAVES OF LOS ANGELES, BLIND AMBITION FUELS CAREERS--AND PASSION CAN BE THE ULTLMATE TEST

Rachel Williams was on her way up. The sensuous, elegant beauty had been named presiding judge of the Superior Court, and had been invited to join the coveted inner circle of the Los Angeles Athletic Club, where power and prestige were the calling cards. With the right connections, her career could rocket all the way to the Supreme Court. The Club's owner was a king-maker, and he was offering Rachel the crown--wrapped in a package of pure, seductive political clout.

But every club has its dues... and suddenly, Rachel had to face the real cost of her ambition. Not even Stephen Kempner the tall rangy reporter whose intensity, affection and perceptive wit had fulfilled her private world, could help her now Presiding over the biggest trial of her career, a tangle of sex, privilege, murder and drugs, she would be forced to make the one decision that would irrevocably change her life.. .