Lucy spends her days at work and her nights going from one anonymous encounter to another. She never tells anyone her real name, and try as she might, she cannot seem to sate the need that plagues her.

One Monday evening, however, she opens the door of yet another hotel room to find a man who takes her completely by surprise.

Jonathan was professional, handsome, confident, and the last type of man she would have expected to be reading profiles on a dating site. He also was the first man who had knocked on a door who did not sleep with her.

He didn't want an anonymous hookup; he wanted to know more about her.

At the end of the strange encounter he presents her with his card and a dinner invitation he knows she will accept. And then, after dinner, he presents her with something else to consider: a week with him, training as a submissive.

For seven days she spends all of her time with Jonathan, discovering things about herself and her desires that she never knew existed, and she begins to see that this is the life she wants. And she wants it with Jonathan, even if it means she must abide by his one boundary: she cannot fall in love with him.