In the world of "white-Knights," arbitrageur middlemen playing both sides against the middle, of self-serving corporate lawyers and carnivorous investment bankers. Steve Berg, armed with the inelegant but accurate rallying slogan"Let's Stick it to them" (L*S*I*T*T*), directs his unsolicitated corporate affections upon Leslie Royal, a proud, decent-and tough in her own fashion-young woman struggling to protect the independence of her family's pharmaceutical company. Her company's new product-the first, reliable FDA approved aphrodisiac, is the lure that sets off the struggle: at stake are millions of dollars and a proud reputation; and at the core are wondruously human passions, including, in the end, the oldest one possible between a man and a woman.

In the world of "white-Knights," arbitrageur middlemen playing both sides against the middle, of self-serving corporate lawyers and carnivorous investment bankers. Steve Berg, armed with the inelegant but accurate rallying slogan"Let's Stick it to them" (L*S*I*T*T*), directs his unsolicitated corporate affections upon Leslie Royal, a proud, decent-and tough in her own fashion-young woman struggling to protect the independence of her family's pharmaceutical company. Her company's new product-the first, reliable FDA approved aphrodisiac, is the lure that sets off the struggle: at stake are millions of dollars and a proud reputation; and at the core are wondruously human passions, including, in the end, the oldest one possible between a man and a woman.

In the world of "white-Knights," arbitrageur middlemen playing both sides against the middle, of self-serving corporate lawyers and carnivorous investment bankers. Steve Berg, armed with the inelegant but accurate rallying slogan"Let's Stick it to them" (L*S*I*T*T*), directs his unsolicitated corporate affections upon Leslie Royal, a proud, decent-and tough in her own fashion-young woman struggling to protect the independence of her family's pharmaceutical company. Her company's new product-the first, reliable FDA approved aphrodisiac, is the lure that sets off the struggle: at stake are millions of dollars and a proud reputation; and at the core are wondruously human passions, including, in the end, the oldest one possible between a man and a woman.