When a new case and her boyfriend's ex threaten Sharon Richards' relationship, she has to work hard to entangle this web of hate and guilt.
Having decided to enter a relationship with a man whose world is fundamentally different to hers, Sharon Richards soon finds out that keeping her work and private life entirely separate can't work out in the long run.
How can she prevent her family and friends from finding out that she likes to submit to her partner in private?
What about her colleagues who coined her ice queen and seem to think she is the one in control in all aspects of her life?
When Simon Carter's ex suddenly reappears in his life while meddling in Sharon's work, tension starts running high. Before long, Sharon's dragged into another investigation leading her even deeper into the subculture of pleasure and pain, with Simon's ex never far away.
Sharon wonders what the other woman's game plan is and if the foundation of her relationship with Simon is strong enough to weather the storm.