Part 1 of Joyce's five-part story - 'First Time at Forty' Joyce has just turned forty. She holds down an important job as a Chief Probation Officer in Westport, Conn., but her personal life is bleak. She is still a virgin - lonely and unfulfilled. Out of the blue she receives a visit from a TV company. They present her with an offer to take part in a new reality show which will feature her initiation into full womanhood. She is affronted and refuses point blank to accept their proposition. Then she meets the 'lover' they have lined up for her: the charismatic Raoul du Lamond, a vineyard owner from the Bordeaux region in France. The idea for this 5-part serial ( the first part of the du Lamond family saga) was sparked when the author heard a TV company was producing a program about men and women who were virgins at the age of forty. She found the idea outrageous and the program too clinical, and decided to turn it on its head by writing a more romantic and empathetic treatment of the theme. The story continues with Part 2 - 'Joyce's Turn' 17+ The sex scenes are an integral part of the love story and serve to enrich the Reader's romantic and sensual experience. (Originally published as 'Joyce 1')