Danielle Steele's Star

Crystal Wyatt, a young country girl meets a returning soldier, Spencer Hill and although she is young and their meet is very fleeting they are drawn together. Crystal's father dies, her brother-in-law rapes her and her mother never really loved her, so Crystal runs off to San Fransisco. Here she becomes a quite well-known singer and after many years of their first meet, Spencer shows up in her life again... (Summary by lena_c)