Publisher's Synopsis
All Desire ever knew was dance. The movement of her body, the release from earthly bonds, the change in who and what she was was freedom. The approbation of her father, her mother's love were the emotional supports of her life and that was earned through dance. Then Desire was alone. Support gone. Security gone. All that remained was dance. Stunted emotionally by the loss of love, Desire seeks it through the only medium she knows. Dance. As she grew, dance was the means of exploring her sexuality through her dance partners. She finds a teacher who will improve her dance skills as he expands her sexual identity. It is a devil's bargain though Desire does not know that. Sex and dance are linked in her mind. Sex with dance partners was her norm. She does not realize she has become a pawn in a game with ever more players. In her innocence, she believes that sex has transformed to love with one man, but she learns the depth of her mistake.Dance removed from her life, she seeks the security and exhilaration she once knew in the only other activity she knows. Having been a sex object, she seeks more than that. One storm-wracked night she encounters, a person, a lover, a dream. She is not sure, but a door has been opened to a new Desire and she begins her search to find her. Feelings removed, she relies on her senses. When Desire goes to college, she finds that there are those who will teach more than academics. But she discovers the way to truly learn something is to teach another person. Desire is being formed in ways she does not understand, but she continues. Another nighttime encounter makes a mockery of her search, but Desire learns even from that. She has not sought love. She has not sought sex. Her search has been for herself. Using her acquired knowledge and experience, Desire faces a new life as the person she has become. The dance continues.