A true story in the life of Marion, a suburban Johannesburg housewife, this is a spellbinding account of a woman's triumph in escaping the clutches of a cross-dressing psychopath. She cannot bring herself to walk away from his emotional and sexual perversions and is caught in a web of love and deceit. As a man, Just Alan has strong committed feelings towards his lover. However, as Cylk, her mood changes to wanting to hurt the woman in her life. As Alan's hormonal change develops, he makes love but wants to punish her first. Marion, on the other hand, has the need for him to revert to a normal man again. Their love affair continues for some years with Marion forgiving his strange behavior. The reader is caught up in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies as the story unfolds and ends in a climax of revenge.