Interior designer Leigh Novack's ex-husband has left her feeling unattractive and sexually inadequate. Until Jared Townsend moves in across the street from her Santa Monica cottage. The hulking and hunky photo-journalist is the sexiest man she's ever seen. And when the scorching heat of attraction drives them together during one of the worst summer heat waves ever to hit Southern California, the sex is sizzling! Jared helps Leigh to find her sensual side, and she'll never be the same again. But when he opens her heart, as well, can she accept that he's the kind of man who will soon leave L.A., along with the heat of summer?