How could such a love have died?

Caroline asked herself the useless question. Her marriage to the distinguished lawyer, James Fox, had been nearly ideal. Now there was nothing between them but cold contempt.

In her loneliness Caroline turned to her old friend Jake Redway, the successful actor. He offered companionship — and was willing to offer much more.

But she could not relinquish the austere, driven husband who had once held her heart. He had become brutal, icy; every encounter with him was dangerous. Caroline had to save him — no one had ever needed her more!