Daniel Emerson lives with Kate Ellis, and he is like a father to her daughter, Ruby. But he cannot control his desire for Iris Davenport, the African-American woman whose son is Ruby''s best friend. During a freak October blizzard, Daniel is stranded at Iris''s house, and they begin a sexual liaison that eventually imperils all their relationships, Daniel''s profession, their children''s well-being, their own race-blindness, and their view of themselves as essentially good people.
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