On her lunch hour, Macy Gordon, a textile designer in Manchester, encountered a stranger. She was drawn to him immediately by a force she couldn't resist. In his arms she found respite from the shame of having sold out her employer, albeit for motives that were above reproach. And she tempted the gods in seeing him again, never dreaming that Brice Sinclair was not just a stranger passing through her life. Before she had a chance to put things right, Brice learned of Macy's deception and withdrew his faith in her -- which left only his desire...