Story of X

<p>A darkly seductive and passionate tale of secret societies elaborate rites and sexual experimentation in the tradition of the captivating classic <em>Story of O</em> and Kubrick's film <em>Eyes Wide Shut</em>.</p><p>Shy American student Alexandra Beckmann--'X' to her friends--arrives in Naples desperate for adventures beyond the sheltered life she has led. She is there to study the Camorra an infamous Italian crime organization. But in the sun-soaked ancient city streets her research leads her to a man like no one else she has ever met.</p><p>Irresistibly handsome Lord Marcus Roscarrick is an Italian aristocrat with a mysterious past. Yet underneath his refined exterior X senses a man who is well-acquainted with danger.</p><p>Soon they begin a passionate affair and X is drawn into Roscarrick's world--a world she never dreamed existed. But as she falls ever more deeply under Roscarrick's spell X must decide whether she dares to submit entirely to this shadowy realm of dark desire.</p>