Victoria Wilder was the perfect wife. At least she tried to be. She had enough books and magazines to tell her how to be one, and all that reading had to pay off eventually. She is a devoted mother to her son, Derek and a loving wife to her husband, Philip. Even though her orderly family life was virtually perfect to all who saw her, it was also passionless. Mark Beck was an ex-navy pilot, and liked to live life on the edge. A man with many women in his life, he moved next door to Victoria's family. He is instantly drawn to Victoria, and she to him, and they try to fight the attraction. Eventually, the forbidden passion between them will turn Victoria's cloistered and controlled world upside down.