The cobbled streets of Boston wind back into a past full of revolutionary fervor and stretch passionately into the future inside the thoughts and desires of Miranda Covington, a young and beautiful artist's model. Michael Keneen knows exactly what he wants to do in life, even if it means disappointing his parents by not continuing a tradition of three generations in law enforcement. For Michael, artist models are only aesthetic challenges on the path to his Master in Fine Arts, until one freezing December afternoon Miranda Covington takes the stand, then suddenly getting her beauty down on paper isn't all he wants to do. Lost in hot daydreams that often become reality when she poses for handsome clients in private, Miranda doesn't notice the sea of faces around her while she poses, until Michael's penetrating eyes meet hers. He might not be a cop like his father, but his arresting personality is irresistible, especially when he discovers hidden longings in Miranda that challenge all her conventional ideas about love in ways that excite her like nothing ever has…