Tom notices everything on their ski resort vacation?except the moment his marriage crosses the point of no return.
When his wife Jessica books private lessons with Brandon, a charismatic ski instructor, Tom tells himself it's innocent. Just skiing. Just coaching. But as Jessica grows more distant and more alive, as hickeys appear on her neck and late nights stretch into early mornings, Tom can't ignore what's happening.
He should be angry. He should stop it. Instead, when Jessica confesses she's been kissing Brandon, Tom's body betrays him with shameful arousal. And when she asks if he wants to watch them together, he whispers yes.
In a frozen clearing deep in the woods, Tom kneels in the snow and witnesses his wife give herself completely to another man. The humiliation is exquisite. The jealousy burns. But darker than both is the realization that floods through him as Brandon claims his wife: this is what he's always wanted.
What follows isn't just infidelity?it's transformation. As Jessica experiences pleasure Tom could never give her, as Brandon fills her while her husband watches, the three of them forge a new understanding of desire, possession, and the terrible cost of getting what you secretly crave.
Some fantasies destroy you. Some rebuild you into something unrecognizable. Tom is about to discover which kind this is?and whether he and Jessica can survive becoming who they really are.
