Used book – The Empire of Passion, Diana Palmer

An unloved child of her mother, an adolescent abused by her stepfather, Tippy fought fiercely to build her adult life. Today, a beloved star, she still bears the scars of her childhood and refuses to commit for fear of suffering. But the day she meets Cash Grier, she can't resist the devastating charm of the seductive Texan. In New York, where Cash has joined her, Tippy spends a night of passion with him. Soon, realizing she is pregnant and not knowing how to tell Cash, she decides to keep silent. Until one day, during a shoot, she loses her baby... Convinced that she is the only one who knows her secret, Tippy joins Cash in Texas. But the moment she sees him, the truth dawns on her: Cash knows. Everything is over between them. What she doesn't guess in her lover's hard gaze is that even if he doesn't forgive her lie, even if he deeply suffers from the loss of this child, he who secretly dreams of being a father, nothing can extinguish his love for her, this flame that consumes him, irresistibly, passionately.