Fifteen years ago, Thais and Lucien were briefly married in Las Vegas after a whirlwind affair of less than a week, but the morning after their unconsummated marriage Thais has second thoughts and decamps, annulling the marriage and leaving Lucien brokenhearted. An unexpected encounter with Thais' 11-year-old daughter, Rocky, in an upscale department store located in New York's Hamptons rekindles Lucien's interest; and this time he plans to make the relationship permanent, using the long summer days and steamy nights to good effect. Griffin's slow-moving tale of courtship is fraught with self-doubt and conflict, mainly occasioned by Thais' possessive and spoiled daughter and her philandering ex-husband. It also involves an in-depth look at upscale New York City vacation habits, and an intriguing behind-the-scenes view of Broadway, where an actress is considered too old at 40 to play the wife of a 54-year-old man, and may be offered the part of his mother, instead.
