"She's twenty-three and in love with love. He's older and the most beautiful man she's ever seen. The affair is quickly consuming. But this relationship is upredictable, and behind his perfect looks is a mean streak. She's intent on winning him over, but neither is living up to the other's ideals. He keeps emailing his glamorous ex, and she's starting to give in to secret, shameful cravings of her own. The search for a fix is frantic and taking a dangerous turn... With unsettling, mesmerizing power, Acts of Desperation dissects one of life's most elusive mysteries: Why do we want what we want, and how do we want it?"--From back cover.