winner of the 2016 reward of novel excellence for best contemporary steamyan epic love story of imperfect romance mika rents a quaint cottage on a seaside estate perched on the cliff her mysterious landlord lives alone in a stately glass house although his home is transparent theres no penetrating the blue abyss of cains eyes or the coldness of the striking man who disappears for days at a timewomen are cains business the fantasy he sells has made him a wealthy but empty man within a short time hes lured by mikas beguiling spirit when life cracks its whip at her hes there to catch her discovering her secret he teaches her passion but its her love he desires not her flesh to keep her hell have to confess his past sins and convince her that beauty is more than skin deep dedicated to the millions of people who are unique not flawed by psoriasis and other skin diseases nataszas newsletter