Luanne and her husband were planning to renovate a seaside cottage together, but she has moved in alone after discovering Alan's infidelity. Not that she doesn't have sexual secrets of her own. But now, distraught by her loneliness and the mystery of the open sea, her dreams are haunted by the vision, voice, and touch of a tentacled creature, the Melusine of lore that has always been rumored in the region.Is its unnatural touch on Luanne and the seduction in its voice real? Luanne's lesbian friend Karen comes to console her, and the heat and promise of their past illicit relationship return. But the legend is real, and the Melusine wants Luanne for itself. But Luanne can't resist Karen's sexual advances, and she's not sure who (or what) really loves her, and whose arms will protect her forever.