Danielle Steels Star

Plot

Jennie Garth plays Crystal Wyatt, a sweet country girl. When her father dies, the life of Crystal soon becomes dramatic. Her brother-in-law rapes her in the farm. Crystal immediately tells her mother asking for support, but her mother refuses to believe her. Crystal confronts her brother-in-law with a shotgun, but in the fight the man shoots her brother dead. Crystal moves to San Francisco, where she becomes a waitress and singer. She falls for a charitable lawyer and kind army man, Spencer. They, though he is years older, have chemistry from the beginning and later begin a passionate relationship in her tumultuous life. Crystal rises up to stardom with her looks and voice and competes with life's circumstances to be with the man she adores. However, Spencer is put together with a woman named Elizabeth, a socialite who wants her life to be perfect and ordered. As Crystal's life winds down, Spencer's marriage and patience dwindles. Ultimately, Crystal becomes pregnant and decides to live with her childhood friend (portrayed by Bryan Smith), carrying Spencer's child. She prefers to wait for Spencer to stabilize his life before they reunite. Spencer eventually severs his ties with influential associates, ends his marriage, and returns to Crystal, only to find her with their 5-year-old son, Zeb. The movie ends on a happy note, even with much history been had, and it is assumed that they live the rest of their lives out in a storybook romance.