Infamous erotica author and accomplished dominatrix Nora

Sutherlin is doing something utterly out of character:

hiding. While her longtime lover, Søren—whose fetishes, if

exposed, would be his ruin—is under scrutiny pending a major

promotion, Nora's lying low and away from temptation in the

lap of luxury.

Her host, the wealthy and uninhibited Griffin Fiske, is

thrilled to have Nora stay at his country estate, especially

once he meets her traveling companion. Young, inexperienced

and angelically beautiful, Michael has become Nora's

protégé, and this summer with Griffin is going to be his

training, where the hazing never ends.

But while her flesh is willing, Nora's mind is wandering. To

thoughts of Søren, her master, under investigation by a

journalist with an ax to grind. And to another man from

Nora's past, whose hold on her is less bruising, but whose

secrets are no less painful. It's a summer that will prove

the old adage: love hurts.