Her lips brushed his. She smelt of horses and expensive French perfume - a heady combination he couldn't resist. He ran his hand down over her belly, working lower until he found a way under the waistband of her knickers. She gave a little throaty moan, and mingled with her perfume he could detect the subtle, mesmerising scent of her excitement.
Within an hour of setting foot inside Malestone House, Jessica realises she has made a mistake. A shy young schoolmistress still pining for the fiancé she lost in the Great War, Jessica has agreed to spend Christmas with an uninhibited group of strangers, but when she discovers her host, Jack Heally, making love to a naked woman in the next room, she decides to leave. The next morning, however, Jessica has a change of heart; the sensual atmosphere at Malestone is infectious. And - she cannot deny it - the sight of the devastatingly handsome Jack embracing the other woman has lit a sexual spark within her. A sexual spark she yearns to fan into an erotic flame...