Sixteen years ago Snow Ashley Gable fled Chicago, running away from the kind of loss that comes with love, and from a friendship that turned into a betrayal. Now 31, Snow is bringing her successful late-night radio talk show, The Cinderella Hour, home to Chicago. For Snow, there are risks in returning--and fears: the father she never knew; the mother who acted out one dangerous fantasy after another; the high school classmate who uncovered Snow's greatest secrets; and Luke Kilcannon, the troubled boy she loved.