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Caught in a frustrating relationship with a man who can't accept her for who she is, passionate, flame-haired violinist Summer finds release in her music. She spends her afternoons busking on the underground, lost in the works of Vivaldi or Mendelssohn. When her violin is damaged beyond repair, Summer receives a surprising proposition from Dominik, a university professor with powerful desires, who has been captivated by Summer ever since he heard her perform.

I always knew I was different from other women... An eminent psychiatrist has established there are five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. When Dominik died, I experienced none of these. I initially found myself reeling in shock, and then all I could do was miss him, miss him, and miss him over and again.

Summer Zahova er violinist og spiller for det meste for penge i Londons undergrundsbane. En dag bliver hendes elskede violin ødelagt, og helt uventet får hun et overraskende tilbud fra en ukendt velgører. Dominik er litteraturprofessor og blev dybt berørt af Summers violinspil en dag på vej til toget. Da han finder ud af, at Summer har mistet sin violin, tilbyder han at erstatte den, hvis hun til gengæld spiller for ham ved en privat intimkoncert.

Den klassiske musiker Summer Zahova er flyttet fra London til New York for at nyde livet som violinist ved et stort symfoniorkester. Hendes dirigent, den meget attraktive Simón, har et godt øje til hende, og hendes karriere blomstrer. Men med en ny by følger nye fristelser, og inden længe bliver Summer lokket tilbage til et farligt undergrundsmiljø, som hun troede, hun havde lagt bag sig. Hjemme i London savner litteraturprofessor Dominik Summer og deres stormfulde forhold.

Désormais violoniste de renommée internationale, Summer revient à Londres, la ville où tout a commencé. Libre et sans attaches dans la capitale pleine de tentations, elle enchaîne les liaisons torrides, à la recherche de nouvelles expériences sans lendemain. Lorsqu'on lui dérobe son violon hors de prix, le destin remet sur sa route le charismatique Dominik. Les deux amants sont incapables de nier l’obsession dévorante qui les unit, mais le temps n'a pas estompé leurs cicatrices, et ils découvrent qu'amour et passion ne font pas forcément bon ménage. Summer sait qu'à trop jouer avec le feu, elle finira par se brûler, mais il est des plaisirs qu'elle ne peut refuser.

Summer a intégré un prestigieux orchestre new-yorkais. Grâce aux multiples talents de Simón, son charismatique chef d'orchestre, la carrière de Summer décolle. Mais à nouveaux succès, nouvelles tentations. La jeune femme cède une fois de plus aux attraits d'un monde sensuel et dangereux qu'elle croyait avoir laissé derrière elle. Tout change encore lorsque Dominik, le séduisant professeur de littérature rencontré à Londres, découvre qu'il ne peut vivre sans elle et s'installe à New York.

Prisonnière d'une relation en demi-teinte, Summer, violoniste passionnée, trouve refuge dans la musique. Elle passe ses après-midis à interpréter Vivaldi dans le métro londonien. Quand son instrument est détruit, elle reçoit le message d'un admirateur secret. Dominik, séduisant professeur d'université, se propose de lui offrir un violon en échange d'un concert... très privé. Dominik et Summer se jettent alors à corps perdu dans une liaison sulfureuse aussi imprévisible qu'excitante.

He was everything that Alice wanted in a man - or everything that she had thought she wanted. Until the moment arrived when they were destined to be joined at last, and she knew that she didn't want him at all. The sound that escaped her full lips was barely audible, no more than a whisper. And yet the single word that she spoke silenced the entire congregation instantly. "No."

"Dawn broke that morning in the same way that it did every other day, but I knew nothing would ever be the same again. The shore resembled a scene after battle. Bodies were scattered haphazardly across the sand, nude, lithe, breathing in unison as if the scene which we had all witnessed had unified the crowd in some unearthly way. I turned to look at Iris. She was laughing, as if the events of the previous night had filled her with giddy amazement."

Zwei Jahre nach ihrer Trennung von Dominik lebt Summer in New York. Doch trotz des musikalischen Erfolgs ist sie unerfüllt...

Summer und Dominik haben sich nun in New York niedergelassen, wo sie versuchen, als Paar zu leben. Beide sind nicht daran gewöhnt...

Frustriert von einer unbefriedigenden Beziehung, findet die leidenschaftliche Violinistin Summer Erfüllung in der Musik...

It took years for Giselle to complete the journey from Orleans to New Orleans. Her mother had given birth to her a week or so earlier than her parents had expected, while the family were staying at their country villa in Orleans, in the French provinces by the curve of the Loire river. Throughout her childhood she would hear people, relatives and friends, speaking of New Orleans in America and she always imagined it as a newer, cleaner version of the sleepy regional city where she was born.

Violinisten Summer Zahova har boet i New York i over to år med sin venezuelanske musikerkæreste. Da forholdet går i stykker, vender Summer tilbage til London, hvor hun bliver tilbudt at spille sammen med et engelsk rockband. Rockverdenen åbner op for nye bekendtskaber, udfordringer og seksuelle fristelser, og musikken tager hende med på en rejse rundt i Europa. Da Summers uvurderlige violin bliver stjålet, vil skæbnen, at den karismatiske Dominik dukker op i hendes liv igen.