A 36-year-old psychologist specialising in visual perception comes to Sydney to give a series of lectures and meets up with Dr Jeremy Quinn, an ex-lover whom she hasn't seen for years. After a few glasses of champagne in his luxurious hotel penthouse, he presents her with an intriguing offer: stay with him for the next 48 hours and accept two extraordinary conditions. She knows he will challenge her every inhibition, but she soon finds herself seduced into a level of surrender-- and danger-- she could never have imagined. First book in the Avalon trilogy exploring the intricate relationships between trust and betrayal, desire and love, risk and reward.