Publisher's Synopsis
"Julia, be with me."He offers her thirty days of desire.Reared to be a good girl and a perfect wife, she finds herself alone, unfulfilled, fearing that she has become invisible.Good girls don't ask for things, let alone demand them. Will she take a risk on a sexy artist & find love through self-discovery?"See me," she demands. This is a story of self-discovery, friendship, and the power of discovering both love and desire. Set in Charleston, South Carolina. Julia is beautiful, graceful, stylish and successful. Reared to be a good girl and then a good wife, she has spent most of her life seeking the approval of others. At thirty-six years old, she had defied expectations, left an abusive marriage and rebuilt her life, but neglected her sexual identity. She's polite, she gives, but neither asks nor receives anything in return. That would be rude, wouldn't it? She has never experienced love or desire. She claims all she wants is a nice man who will hold her hand and ask her about her date. Yet, she senses she is missing something. Peter, a sexy artist, has vowed never to allow a woman to interfere with his first love of art. He is a man who thinks he understands desire and never lacks for women to satisfy his needs. He separates his love of art from his desire for women. They spend an unexpected afternoon together during which they are drawn to each other. When he learns that she never asks for what she wants, and has never been satisfied by the losers she's dated, he devises a plan. He believes he is not her type, but he wants her for himself for as long as she'll have him. He proposes thirty days of desire during which she must ask him to satisfy a fantasy every day; and they must be honest, communicate and be completely open with one another. If she agrees, he will make her every desire come true. Her first request is a kiss. To be seen and kissed. "I want you to find me in a crowd of people and kiss me. I want you to really see me, look into my eyes and see ME. Then I want the hottest, most erotic kiss you've ever given."They walk away from that kiss with the revelation that each has experienced true desire for the first time. They have finally felt seen and desired for their true selves. There is no turning back. They play, they explore and in their adventures discover intimacy and passion that takes them to places they didn't know existed or were possible. Challenges come from outside sources and their own fears and doubts. To fight for what they've found, they must learn to accept and love themselves and to be completely open and vulnerable. Each must overcome fear and the instinct to run. It is only when they strip away the facades, the fears, and let go of their pasts that they can move forward. It is then that they see themselves and each other. Desire cannot survive without love, trust, and the ability to see. This is a stand-alone adult contemporary romance with some steam. 18+ (2nd Edition)
