Gunnar Mathias is a high power Atlanta criminal defense attorney. Elaine Harper is a petite court reporter. It didn't take Gunnar long to learn that dynamite often comes in small packages. Gunnar planned on a relationship that he insisted would not be romantic in nature. Elaine had no problem with that she loved dominating the attorney known at the courthouse as Tall, Blond and Brutal. Then everything changed. Along the way Gunnar and Elaine fell in love. Gunnar's feelings for Elaine grow and he begins to plan a future with Elaine. Elaine struggles with their new nature of their relationship but she agrees to try. When their pasts return to haunt them, Gunnar finds himself Tortured.