Publisher's Synopsis
In this literary thriller, Emily Hunter explores human nature under the influence of love, religion and secrecy. Hannah and Alex meet by chance, but perhaps inevitably. A passionate love affair consumes them and threatens to destroy their married lives, and their beliefs. Often startling imagery portrays their physical and mental states as the affair grips them: its effects on each of them is profoundly different, but their fates are intertwined until the end.