"She's a natural submissive," Jim said to Cooper. "Take my word for it. I'm willing to bet on it." But is she? Rachel Malone is smart, attractive, successful, alone, a little insecure - and hiding from something even she isn't sure she understands. It's her little secret; one that she keeps tucked away in a little corner; one she has shared with no one, not even her closest friend Marissa. That is, until a week long vacation at a mountain lodge slowly opens up the dark, scary and sensual world of BDSM and submission. Is Rachel willing to release the mystery to people she barely knows and to the first man who has ever found the strength to challenge her? East of Seattle, volumes one and two, lays bare the myths about submission and BDSM. Through Rachel and her friends the secret sex lives of so many feel a little less strange and scary. The people who live in the lifestyle are frighteningly normal. The next time you drop in for a cup of coffee or cross the street or even look at a co-worker you may silently ask: gee, I wonder if she........