Julie has never recovered from the sudden death of her beloved husband. Having cut herself off from everyone and everything, Julie lives a physically and emotionally isolated life on a small rural farm. But Julie's world is turned upside down when she posts an ad for a handy man in the local newspaper. When she hires the only applicant - an enigmatic, younger man named Will, Julie begins to fall under the spell of this beguiling young stranger, the first man who might reawaken her heart. Julie finds herself tumbling into a world of sensual D/s, responding physically as she never has before. But Julie has doubts - about Will's motives, about the secret world of sexual pleasure they share, and about what her own submission to it means.