 Bored with her marriage to burnt out poet turned corporate executive Thierry (Judge Reinhold), Zandalee (Erika Anderson) falls prey to an old friend of her husband, the manipulative and egotistical Johhny (Nicolas Cage) and becomes enmeshed in a sensual, passionate and destructive affair. But it isn t only the flames of their erotic affair that are fanned by the steamy heat of the deep New Orleans nights; hatred, desire and revenge stalk the lovers  with a relentless precision, and for Zandalee, the moment of truth arrives with a terrifying finality.