Love is nothing but an illusion. Heiress Gabriella Winslow learned that lesson years ago when her magician boyfriend abandoned her, sick and alone, hundreds of miles from home. In the years that followed, she's tried to forget him and the erotic bondage games they used to play. But the life she's made for herself since then still leaves her restless and yearning for something more. Now a successful illusionist, Alexander Black has returned to settle an old score. And to seduce Gabriella. With a blindfold and handcuffs and blood red roses, he entices his former lover and magician's assistant back to his Las Vegas penthouse. Alex is an expert at smoke and mirrors. If all goes according to plan, she'll never even know she's his prisoner.