<p>In this elegant and sensual novel Frederic Tuten explores the ageless tension between a life of passion and a desire for ease. Set in Paris and New York <em>The Green Hour</em> tells the story of Dominique an art historian who struggles to choose between two men who embody the critical schism in her life: unquenchable idealism and material happiness.</p> <p>The novel etches the career of this extraordinary woman from her rebellious college years to the present. What unfolds is a passionate love story in which Dominique is torn by her destructive devotion to her first love the seductive Rex who periodically appears and disappears from her life and Eric a wealthy businessman deeply bound to her.</p>