Disillusioned Emma Knight faces yet another client with his life in tatters. Another person she is unlikely to be able to help. She vows that this time is the last time. If she cannot bring Joe some happiness, she'll give up her calling. But Joe is a self-declared sadist, a man who loves to hurt women, sparking renewed anger over her own childhood at the mercy of her violent father. To help Joe, she's going to have to dive deep. Emma finds herself on a rollercoaster of discovery, of life in the raw, caught in a world of men with obsessive pursuits. She revels in the danger and excitement, but her demons drive her.

When she meets another much-troubled client, Joshua, it becomes a battle. Can Emma push him far enough to find happiness? Can he push her from a spiral of self-destruction? This is a story of trust, of difference, of overcoming life's hurdles and of forging new futures.