For Alec, an interior designer and classic car aficionado, life has been a series of lies that he has told himself and the people around him, while Sumintra does not chafe at her parents' expectations for her, as she lives a separate and secret life. When she meets Alec at a classic car show, their private worlds connect and they fall in love. The trouble is that they have public lives that are contrary to their personal hopes and fears. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. c2008.