Dannii and Julian's Secret Second Honeymoon
by Drew MacKenzie

Wearing a striking leopard skin silk shirt unbuttoned to reveal his chest. Aussie heart-throb Julian McMahon shows why he's becoming one of America's hottest soap studs.
The hunky star of the US soap Another World was captured by leading fashion photographer Peggy Ann Grainger at a friend's million dollar, five bedroom mansion in New Canaan, Connecticut.
Julian, 26, and wife Dannii Minogue had the house all to themselves - except that they had to dog sit the owner's two beautiful golden retrievers.
"It was like a second honeymoon for them," says a friend. "They have been so busy in the past few months that they really just wanted to get away and not be by themselves."
"Apart from spending a couple of days at Hanging Rock, they never had a proper honeymoon after they got married last January. So when a friend offered them his house while he was away on business, they jumped at the chance."
The friend says the break couldn't have come at a better time - Dannii and Julian have exhausting schedules and - to add to their stress - they are being stalked by obsessed fans.
"It gets really scary," says Dannii. "They just want to get inside your head."
Dannii, 23, had been working in Britain on a TV breakfast show while Julian's been stuck in New York playing smooth talker Ian on his hit soap. They are currently visiting Australia together, but usually only get to see each other once a month.
"I miss Dannii terribly," says Julian. He adds jokingly, "I may have the recipe for the perfect marriage - husband and wife should never see each other."
Photographer Peggy Ann says: "Julian and Dannii are obviously very much in love. They were warm and tender together. Julian was easy to work with. The only thing he didn't want me to do was photograph him and Dannii together. As far as he was concerned, she was having a holiday from the cameras, and he didn't want to bother her by dragging her into his photo shoot.