True Enchanter — Susan Napier

Their love was staged in the public glare

Joanna was unimpressed by the tinsel of movie making and star director Richard Marlow. In fact, she remained unmoved when thrown into his company as tutor-chaperon to her starlet niece, Becky, who was infatuated by Marlow.

This made it hard for Joanna, who saw Marlow--a man other women flung themselves at--as an overgrown egotist, yet one with commanding charm and talent.

As a teacher of delinquent teenagers, Joanna could hold her own in dramatizing outrageous acts, and she was intent on beating Richard Marlow at his own game. But the challenge required her to distinguish acting from sincerity...