Darling, You've been cooped up alone in the middle of nowhere far too long. I'm arriving to relieve your tedium. And bringing a very big surprise... The surprise is Montague Bridgeman—and, courtesy of Fallon Gilchrist's dear friend, he's hers to do with whatever she pleases for one week. An inexperienced widow, Fallon is shocked at the idea of a private plaything. Shy and repressed, she decides to use him as her model and start painting again; he is a rather spectacular specimen of a man. Bridge, however, is hell-bent on awakening the reclusive Fallon to the sensual world, and she soon quivers under the force of his desire—and her own. Yet even more intense than these heady pleasures of the flesh is the haunted look in Bridge's eyes—a look that suggests he's much more than a lover-for-hire, and that seven days and seven nights might not be enough...for either of them.