Suddenly, as Carolyn questions what she has always accepted, her carefully manicured domestic life begins to unravel. Husband Paul Blake, a successful rags-to-riches businessman, recognizes the threat that Val Hunter represents, and he is not about to let his wife out of his control or accept any of her stirrings of self-determination.
Originally published by Naiad Press in 1986
Katherine V. Forrest is the groundbreaking author of Curious Wine,  the Kate Delafield mystery series and the Daughters science-fiction  series. She’s also known as a prolific editor with anthology and  non-fiction credits in her own name as well as the editor of hundreds of  novels. Dozens of lesbian writers count her among their mentors.  Selected as the 2009 recipient of the Publishing Triangle’s Bill  Whitehead Lifetime Achievement award, winner of five Lambda Literary  Awards and the GCLS 2009 Trailblazer Award, she is widely credited as a  founding mother of lesbian fiction writing. Katherine lives with her  partner Jo in the Southern California desert. In addition to writing and  editing, Katherine is also the Supervising Editor of Spinsters Ink.