Book description
Friends since childhood, Anais Darnby and Lindsay Markham have long
harbored a secret passion for one another. When they finally confess
their love, their future together seems assured, sealed with their
searing embrace. But when a debauched Lindsay is seduced by a scheming
socialite, a devastated Anais seeks refuge in another man's bed while
Lindsay retreats to the exotic East. There, he is seduced again--this
time by the alluring red smoke and sinister beauty of opium. Back home,
Lindsay's addiction is fed by the vogue for all things
Oriental--especially its sensual pleasures--in fashionable London
society. In his lucid moments, Lindsay still lusts after Anais, who can
neither allow him near nor forget his smoldering touch. Tortured by two
obsessions--opium and Anais--Lindsay must ultimately decide which is the
one he truly cannot live without. Friends since childhood, Anais
Darnby and Lindsay Markham have long harbored a secret passion for one
another. When they finally confess their love, their future together
seems assured, sealed with their searing embrace. But when a debauched
Lindsay is seduced by a scheming socialite, a devastated Anais seeks
refuge in another man's bed while Lindsay retreats to the exotic East.
There, he is seduced again--this time by the alluring red smoke and
sinister beauty of opium. Back home, Lindsay's addiction is fed by the
vogue for all things Oriental--especially its sensual pleasures--in
fashionable London society. In his lucid moments, Lindsay still lusts
after Anais, who can neither allow him near nor forget his smoldering
touch. Tortured by two obsessions--opium and Anais--Lindsay must
ultimately decide which is the one he truly cannot live without.
