num_pages: 51
description: Prim research librarian Mary Chase travels to Italy in search of an antique manuscript rumored to belong to international financier Emilio Vittorini. She soon discovers the rumors are right -- but that gaining access to the manuscript hinges on her willingness to submit to a series of dark and carnal games with Vittorini himself. When she submits she makes the most astonishing discovery of all  that the rituals of Vittorinis calculated discipline awaken a level of passionate response in her that she never knew she possessed. But at what price? And what will become of her when their negotiations come to an end?
language: English
title: The Hourglass
publisher: Bradley Publishing