Dan Herrera can't believe that his passionate wife, Paz, has called a halt on their love life - all because he won't back down in his quest to win his hedge clippers from their neighbor, Brad. He knows she can't resist him, and he sets about to prove it. When he and Brad settle their feud, Paz assumes they'll go back to loving as usual. But Dan has a surprise of his own. TO MY READER: I've always loved the bawdiness of the classics. A contemporary retelling of the story of Lysistrata seemed natural for Red Sage. It's the ultimate power of the female body over her man. The Hot-Blooded Husband tells the story of Dan and Paz Herrera, the folks next door who won my heart. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Alice Gaines loves the fantastic and the ultra-sensual. Writing gives her the opportunity to combine these two pleasures. Besides spinning tales in her head, Alice's passions include vegetable gardening, the San Francisco 49ers, and America's Test Kitchen. Alice has a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley and lives in Oakland, California with her two pet corn snakes, Casper and Sheikh Yerbouti. Feel free to e-mail Alice at algaines@pacbell.net.