by Zane
First published 2002
Zoe Reynard has built what looks like a perfect life. She runs a thriving business, loves her husband since childhood, and raises three children. But she cannot control her compulsive need for sex outside her marriage. Three different affairs consume her thoughts and actions. One lover is a gentle artist who meets her for afternoon encounters. Another is violent and pulls her toward increasingly dangerous situations. As her behavior spirals beyond her control, Zoe seeks help from a woman therapist. She begins to tell her story of guilt and desperate searching. Her sexual compulsion threatens to destroy her marriage, her business, and her family. The violent affair pushes her toward choices that could cost her sanity or her life. Zoe races to understand the source of her addiction before it consumes everything she values. Her therapy sessions reveal buried secrets that explain her destructive patterns, but time is running out as her double life collapses around her.
Genres: fiction, drama, romance, addiction, contemporary, contemporary-romance
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: compulsive-behavior, secrets, self-destruction
336 pages · Kindle Edition · Atria Books
Content warnings: addiction, sexual-content, toxic-relationship