Rudy Schmidt is consumed by thoughts of Nora Hartmann. Widow of his lifelong friend and business partner, she is everything he has ever desired in a woman. Neither his pudgy wife nor the many women with whom he has had affairs can match her style, grace, and beauty. Why can't she understand the two of them are destined to be together? Rudy schemes to overcome Nora's resistance. Is she denying her innate attraction to him out of loyalty to...