Plymouth, England, 1841 Five days and nights of wicked pleasures and fulfilled fantasies, almost within Honoria's grasp. All she needs now is the man she has chosen.Deaf from an illness in her infancy, Honoria knows that her life as a dormitory minder in a deaf school will be dull and lacking the opportunity to experience the kind of passion she has read about. With five days left until her ship sails from Plymouth to Calais, she has selected Esau Coal, a common dock worker, to be the man to introduce her to all the sensual delights she fears she'll never have another chance to know. With the help of her tutor Jude, the man who has been her teacher, translator, friend and link to the hearing world, she arranges for Esau to spend five days and nights with her.But five nights will not be enough—and neither will Esau, when Jude is also there to tempt her.