It’s been a long time since Marie lost herself in a man’s arms. Mother of three and wife for more than two decades, she can’t believe she’s sitting in a San Francisco hotel lounge, luring a man to a night of anonymous sex. If she’s to escape her colorless life, she needs to do something drastic, to let loose, and explore passion as she never has before. Too bad her husband spends his time working instead of in their bed.

Jim likes the shivery feeling he gets from the reserved woman in the black dress and veiled hat. With little effort, he imagines her writhing beneath him, trembling while she comes apart in mindless release. His wife has proven that grand passion doesn’t last in a marriage, but he needs to experience again the deep satisfaction that comes from giving and taking pleasure in a woman’s body.

For one night, a blaze of wanton desire lights the world of two people, a husband and a wife, looking to feel alive again. If they were just married to each other, the night would be perfect.