A story about the redemptive power of obsessive passion.
In this fast paced erotic thriller a professional hitman, John Champion and
Angela Ford, the wife of the man who orders the hit, engage in a passionate
overpowering and memorable love affair. Played out against the exotic locales of
Florence, the Riviera, the French Alps and Manhattan, the two lovers endure
impossible odds as their relationship deepens and matures. Figuring importantly
in the story is Michelangelo's David, a majestic artistic masterpiece that
stands in all its naked glory in the Galleria dell' Accademia in Florence and
the epiphany experienced by Angela in its presence. In viewing this magnificent
masterpiece Angela discovers the core of her female identity, one of the few
illustrations of this phenomenon ever found in a novel which deals with the
deeper implications of sexuality and how it can shed light on the eternal
mystery of love and attraction between men and women.
