MAEVE IS QUIET, SHY, AND NAIVE. BEING RAISED BY HER GRANDMOTHER AFTER HER PARENTS DEATH, LEFT HER SHELTERED, AND TOTALLY UNPREPARED FOR LIVING IN THE REAL WORLD. SHE TURNED TO WRITING AS A MEANS OF ESCAPING, AND COPING WITH LIFE. DURING A TRIP, HER PLANE IS GROUNDED, AND SHE MEETS A MAN WHO TURNS HER WHOLE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN. THE THINGS HE DOES TO HER AND WITH HER, CONSTANTLY REMIND HER OF HER GRANDMOTHER’S WARNING: CERTAIN THINGS WILL TAKE YOU TO “HELL IN A HAND BASKET!”RYDER FINDS HIMSELF INFATUATED WITH A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN. HER INNOCENCE INTRIGUES HIM, AND THE WAY SHE RESPONDS TO HIS TOUCH IS IRRESISTIBLE.AS A BUSINESSMAN, HE KNOWS THAT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE INSIDE HER AND IT MUST BE RELEASED FOR HER TO REACH HER POTENTIAL.HE DECIDES TO KEEP HER CLOSE UNDER THE GUISE OF HELPING HER FIND HERSELF THROUGH HIS SUBTLE TOUCH.