MISTRESS

There''s punishmentand then there''s vengeance. Nora Sutherlin is in handcuffs held captive by two men. . Under different circumstances she would enjoy the situation immensely but her captors aren''t interested in play. Or pity. As the reality of her impending peril unfolds Nora becomes Scheherazade buying each hour of her life with storiessensual tales of Sren Kingsley and Wesley each of whom has tempted and tested and tortured her in his own way. This Nora realizes is her life: nothing so simple so vanilla as a mere love triangle for her. It''s a knot in a silken cord a tangled mass of longings of the body and the heart and the mind. And it may unravel at any moment. But in Nora''s world no one is ever truly powerlessa cadre of her friends protectors and lovers stands ready to do anything to save her even when the only certainty seems to be sacrifice and heartbreak.