In Gilded Age Manhattan, young widow Carole
Rutherford has more money than she can ever spend. What
she’s missed in life as the wife of a much older man is true
passion…sex with a man young and strong enough to fulfill
all her fantasies, leaving her limp with satisfaction. She
fears this part of life has passed her by and she’ll never
rid herself of the longings that plague her waking and
dreaming hours.
Until she receives a letter from one Mr. Thomas Rose, a man
who claims to have met her in the past and who writes the
intriguing words:
“You are not easy to forget.”
A curious correspondence between the Carole and the
mysterious Mr. Rose follows- one that soon has her visiting
an odd shop in search of items no decent woman would own.
After that, their letters become more and more intimate
until Carole indulges in erotic acts and asks that Mr. Rose
do the same and report on his experiences to her. Finally,
he issues her the ultimate challenge. She is to come to him,
but she must take four other lovers first.
The search for the illusive Mr. Rose takes Carole first to
England, then to France, and finally to Austria as she makes
a journey of sexual self-discovery. The man she finds when
she finally arrives in Italy to confront Mr. Rose may be her
ultimate lover or someone who’s totally forbidden.