 The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over  The Sinner,  a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author  Caroline Adams  is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town s leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora s incognito and sets out to  free her  from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.