Torn between struggling to live up to the expectations of being a Modern Woman & ridding herself of the effect of a repressed upbringing Izzy Jordan would be the first to admit that its time to take stock of her life. Shes 31 with a teaching career on the skids
- not surprising really given that she harbours a strong desire to lock her pupils in the art room cupboard & throw away the key. She also has a manipulative mother & an ex-boyfriend whose parting shot was to tell her she was boring in bed! So when shes invited to spend the summer on Corfu & is offered the chance of a no-strings holiday romance with the irresistible Theo what should she do? Go for it or listen to the voice of Modern Woman & tell him to sling his hook? Just as she thinks shes made up her mind along comes Mark whose turbulent past sets in motion a series of dramatic events that will bring near-tragedy profound change & finally happiness for Izzy.