They called her Beauty and the Beast because half of her face was exquisitely lovely, and half was disfigured. But when Amy Conroy flees her old life to start anew in Key West, a terrible car crash changes everything. Mistaken for Shelly Ralston, a victim killed in the accident, Amy is rushed into surgery to reconstruct her now shattered face. And when investigative reporter Matthew Jensen is called to the hospital, he mistakenly identifies the gravely injured woman as Shelly. Desperate to save herself, Amy takes on this woman's identity.