In her life Lauren Douglas never imagined she would wake up one day and
find herself the star of the hottest soap on daytime television. But as
wholesome, smart and lovely Dr. Kate, she is plastered over the media
as a role model and inspiration for young women. As she is about to
sign a bloated new contract, Lauren is publicly outed. Scrambling for
damage control, her father, a Congressman, wants her banished abroad
and her network writes her temporarily out of the show in a plane
crash, while they consider her future. As if the slavering press
doesn't have enough to report, a creepy fan enraged by the revelation,
shoots her. All of which means zip to FBI Special Agent Pat Roussel
whose hunt for the Kiddy Pageant Killer has consumed every waking
moment for three years. Suffering from burnout, and hoping fresh new
eyes might come up with a break in the case, Pat reluctantly elects to
take a few months leave without pay. The last thing she expects to find
herself doing in her time off is an illicit private security gig
babysitting a celebrity. But she owes a friend a big favor. Her first
assignment sounds like hell-a month on a tropical island as bodyguard
for a TV star with a bullet wound. Only Lauren is not the spoiled
narcissist Pat is expecting.