Karla Roberts is a girl who is unlucky in love, unable to find someone to share her life with. An American man, Nathan, rescues her from an unpleasant situation. They form an instant bond and are both what the other has been looking for. They fall deeply in love and both experience a depth of passion that they never thought they could have. But as their love deepens, his dark past slowly emerges, something that he thought he had left behind and is desperate to keep from her. They play a sex game that goes badly wrong, abruptly revealing the hidden side of his personality, almost destroying their relationship. Karla works hard to rebuild their life together, but events unfold that bring back his former violent, misogynistic personality. It is a story of love, passion, lust, regret, remorse, forgiveness and redemption. It has very strong adult themes throughout and descriptions of sexual violence.