As college girlfriends, Sara and Rille├Хs relationship had been incendiary, burning away Sara├Хs innocence and self-respect even as it widened her world beyond her wildest imagination. Now, almost twenty years later, Rille still pushes Sara beyond her limits, bringing a third lover into their bed and domestic lives when their monogamy gets stale. The hold Rille has over Sara├Сand their new lover├Сbecomes as powerful as it is dangerous. Can Sara pull herself free in time, or will her life turn to cinders in the wake of Rille├Хs powerful flame?