An intricate story of deception and desire . . .
On the surface, Julia Sterling's life was enviable. She lives on Manhattan's easy side, is married to a renowned psychiatrist, deeply loves her stepson and is forging her career as a journalist. When a writing job exposes Julia to phone sex, she glimpses a world that stirs her erotic fantasies but threatens her carefully constructed reality. As she probes her emotional and sexual connections to the men she knows and several she will meet, she confronts evil, perversity and her own passions.
This seductive debut novel crackles with eroticism and suspense. Exploring the relationship between sexuality and identity, it provides an astonishingly vivid glimpse into one woman's inner life.