Simiak's late exotic Christmas gift landed unexpectedly with a thump on Jo's doorstep. . . sensual, erotic adventure, dangerous liaisons and murder followed it into her life in quick-fire succession, transforming her peacefully safe Canary Wharf existence on its head. Deception, secrets, terror and desire suddenly flood her life while she longs only to be touched by love. The perversely lustful relationship she had shared with Simiak had gone stale; but the arrival of his gift heralds unexpected change and mysteriously evolving sexual fantasy. Moore's seductively tense novel leads Jo into places she didn't necessarily want to go. . . places where she must face evil reality and confront and resolve her own deepest passions, secret desires and needs.