Annie's new lover brings out her submissive side—how far will they go? When vibrant, 40-something widow Annie Conroy spies her new neighbors having kinky sex in their back garden, she decides it's time that she too woke up and smelled the erotic roses. And where better to begin her daring adventures than the luxurious Waverley Grange Country Hotel, and its hidden den of iniquity: the chintz-clad but wickedly pervy Suite Seventeen? Under the stern but playful eye of exotic master Valentino, Annie quickly discovers the shocking hidden depths of her own sensuality, and surrenders herself body and soul to his outrageous games of power. But when the Waverley's entire future hangs in the balance, and Annie has the means to help save it, dare she gamble on going one step further, and giving her heart to the mysterious man who's come to control her?  • "Portia writes sex for connoisseurs of quality erotica." -- EWRA Portia Da Costa is an internationally renowned author of erotica. She is the author of Continuum , Entertaining Mr Stone , and  Gothic Blue .