Aspen Series by Janet Dailey, Janet Daily

The author of Rivals and Heiress dazzles again with a contemporary story of a woman torn between love and fame. Talented actress Kit Masters returns home to settle her father's estate and realizes she must choose between her career and a man she has not seen for ten years--the man she still loves. Teaser chapter of Dailey's forthcoming hardcover, Tangled Vines. HC: Little, Brown.

Delaney Westcott is urgently summoned to New York after Lucas Wayne, a rock-star-turned-movie-star, is attacked and almost killed in his hotel room. His assailant is Rina Cole, an actress and ex-flame of Wayne's who holds Wayne responsible for her career's plummet. Delaney's first priority is to protect Lucas from Rina - and they head out for the snow-capped mountains of Colorado to lay low... moreDelaney Westcott is urgently summoned to New York after Lucas Wayne, a rock-star-turned-movie-star, is attacked and almost killed in his hotel room. His assailant is Rina Cole, an actress and ex-flame of Wayne's who holds Wayne responsible for her career's plummet. Delaney's first priority is to protect Lucas from Rina - and they head out for the snow-capped mountains of Colorado to lay low. But the situation is complicated for both Delaney, whose ex-boyfriend is in the area, and Wayne, who has an obsessive fan following him. When a murder occurs Delaney gets the blame and is forced to go on the run. She's been set up and must now prove her innocence. less