Willy Bryce Patrick, a children's book author is soon to be married to cold-hearted financier Mitchell Faber, at least until Willy discovers that Faber had her first family murdered. — Willy, whom Tim meets during a bookstore reading of his latest novel, lost boy lost girl, believes she is real, and learns otherwise only through Tim's painful, patient revelations. The two fall in deeply in love, but their passion seems doomed—not only is Willy's existence tenuous, but the pair are being pursued...