Steamy Temptation — Imari Jade

While the current members of the pop groups Aomori and Distraction prepare for their Spain concerts, erotic romance writer Shaundra Yoshida must face another separation from her husband Ichiro while she makes a long-awaited journey back to the United States for the filming of her latest book. With a teary goodbye at the airport, Ichiro promises Shaundra that this will be their last separation because he intends to retire from singing at the end of the year to spend time with her and their twin boys Raiden and Ryoto. But even as he watches Shaundra leave, Ichiro's old jealousies flair because Shaundra will be staying in California with her bodyguard Dae-Hyun Choi, a South Korean martial artist who is also their sons' nanny.



Tricia Morrison is finally graduating from college and looking forward to moving to Osaka to be with her fiancé Damien Kehoe. For the last two years Tricia has been alone in New York with only Kevin's younger brother to keep her company. Kevin is soft-spoken, extremely intelligent, and the complete opposite of his blond-haired, green-eyed brother. Companies from all over the country are offering him jobs, but his father, publisher Harper Kehoe, is hoping that Kevin will settle down in Osaka. But Kevin has a dark secret…he's in love with his brother's fiancée. Damien and Tricia have promised each other to be celibate until they marry, but Barbara Peters, the secretary at the entertainment company, has her eyes on Damien. Will Tricia and Damien make it to the altar or will one of them break the promise?