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It begins in Cyprus as a lark. Lady Savannah Hunt, married, sets out to prove Brigadier Ian Moncrieff, married, to be the pompous ass she thinks he is. Ian, in conflict over the looming failure of his marriage, wonders if a one-night stand with the lovely ice maiden might be a refreshing interlude. It backfires in the blaze of a mutual adulterous affair of the heart.
Ian's wife moves back to London to accept a position with an art gallery owned by a man he loathes. Penny wants him to remain a part-time husband. Savannah suspects her husband, Charles, is a smuggler of Afghan/Iraqi artifacts; when he returns for a break in his duties and is paranoid about a middle-eastern man following him, she is torn between believing he's a thief or a mental case. Neither Ian nor Savannah can bring themselves to confess their love for each other to spouses. Then the world around them explodes.
A middle-eastern man seeking vengeance is killed while viciously seeking information from a terrified woman. The gossip of the town seeks sexual favors from Ian in exchange for her silence about the affair between him and Savannah. Savannah is assaulted by her husband when he hears the news and she is left crippled. Charles dies when he misses a curve while driving over one-hundred miles per hour. Is there a chance that love will conquer all after these events?
White offers a fast-paced suspense with romance at its core and neatly ties each character's story together for a smooth ending. Secrets, unanswered questions, and enough twists to keep readers intrigued will create a wish for more from Alan White; he promises to do so in the upcoming sequel.