"Open your mouth. Let's just say it's all my fault. Back then, and right now, everything." Sehwawon, an old traditional house nestled halfway up Mt. Hyeonak, looking like a picturesque still life. On a blazing summer day, Lee-seol, who had been living tucked away with the renowned shaman Granny Yoon-hwa, encounters Taesin, a charming stranger. A sinister man reminiscent of the dark sea, with thick eyebrows and black eyes that seemed to carry a bluish tint. Taesin, who came to this place to handle a cursed and troubled construction site, looks completely set to plant himself here until he gets what he wants. Thus begins a perilous cohabitation at Sehwawon. And the more time she spends with Taesin, the more the small cage trapping Lee-seol begins to shatter... [Preview] "You know, Ms. Shin Lee-seol, you are completely defenseless." "......" "Or perhaps you just know nothing about men." Lee-seol followed his gaze and belatedly remembered her attire. Beneath her thin white linen slip dress meant for early summer, she wore nothing except her panties. In the dim dawn light, the silhouette of her body was visible right through the fabric. Heat rushed to her face in an instant. Hastily covering her swelling breasts with her forearms, she shrank her shoulders. "......I'm sorry." Showing such a sight to a strange man. It was her first time experiencing such humiliation, leaving her utterly flustered. In the end, she awkwardly averted her gaze and blurted out an out-of-place apology. "What is there to be sorry about? I should be the one apologizing. Leaning his arm against the doorframe, he tilted his head and looked down at her sideways. "I suppose you didn't come looking for me because you missed me." "......It's not like that, exactly." "Then what is it? Did we have some other business to attend to at this ungodly hour?" At those words, heat flushed Lee-seol's face. It was true that she had come for 'other business,' but still... She had no way of knowing what kind of 'other business' he had in mind, or how he would misconstrue it if she confessed the truth. [Publisher's Review] Lee-seol ends up entering into a loveless marriage of contract and transaction with Taesin, who extends a lifeline, claiming he will gladly take responsibility for her. Though it is a mere one-year performance, her vow not to fall in love with him begins to waver. [Realm of Desire] depicts the damp, suffocating romance between Taesin, who personally tries to pull Lee-seol out of her tiny world and trap her in his own, and Lee-seol, who falls deeper into him. Highly recommended for readers who especially enjoy the chemistry between a mysterious, deeply affectionate, insatiable man and an innocent woman.