November 2011. Brett Madigan has it all, but is still unfulfilled : a double first at Oxford leading to an enviable career as a barrister in a leading chambers specialising in divorce and matrimonial finance in central London, a wife, three children and a large country home in swanky Hampshire. After another successful trial, he meets fellow barrister Darya Ross on the train journey home, a tall, glamorous and attractive freelance child protection specialist. The sizzlingly hot chemistry they create with each other on the journey and beyond will be a tonic for them, but poison for others. Can he use his sophisticated brain to manipulate two highly intelligent women without being caught out?