A Submissive Proposition Clara Roberts is one of the most powerful and influential women in California. A brilliant young power-sector mogul, she turned an ailing company around and has just been named California's Woman of the Year. Who is she really? Clara was born on a scrub-pine farm to a woman who gave herself away for a bottle of whiskey. All of that changed when she met David King. He offers her the chance to be CEO of one of his companies, but for a price - but is the price she has paid too high?