Struggling with a tormented past, undergraduate Olivia Winter once led a practical but isolated life. Then she met Professor Dean West, a brilliant scholar of medieval history who melted Liv's inhibitions and taught her the meaning of both love and erotic pleasure.
But after three years of a blisiful, lusty marriage, Liv and Dean now face a crisis that threatens everything they believe about each other.
Frustrated by job failures, Liv's search for a purpose leads her to consider the one thing they had ruled out from the beginning: a child. When Dean resists, hidden tensions rise to the swface. Liv is soon assailed by doubts and fear over just how well she knows both herself and her husband.
Dean fights to protect their passionate marriage, but even he can't battle back the devastating wave of mistrust now Jlooding their relationship. And when Liv's quest forces Dean to reveal his own dark secrets, the fallout might break them apart forever.
