Originally published: Toronto : HarperFlamingo, 2001.
1. Woman of the Heart -- 2. The Story Beneath the Story -- 3. The Empty Landscape -- 4. Love at First Sight -- 5. The Dinner Party -- 6. The Shadow Artist -- 7. Erotic Gestures -- 8. The Body -- 9. Passion's Chemistry -- 10. Models -- 11. The Demon Lover -- 12. The First Conversation -- 13. The Gnawing Hunger -- 14. Sex and Desire -- 15. Dreams -- 16. Tantalus Love -- 17. Pleasurable Cruelty -- 18. Don Juan / Dona Juana -- 19. Erotic Diabolism -- 20. Two Solitudes Meet -- 21. Self-Portrait with Mirrors -- 22. The Silver Screen -- 23. Grief -- 24. I Want This -- Coda: The Story Resumes / Women of the Heart