You're in passionate love. And grave danger . . .

Alice Loudon couldn't resist abandoning her old, safe life for a wild affair. And in Adam Tallis, a rugged mountaineer with a murky past, Alice finds a man who can teach her things about herself that she never even suspected.

But sexual obsession has its dark side - and so does Adam.

Soon, both are threatening all that Alice has left. First her sanity. Then her life.