Valerie Gogan

A Scottish woman living in New York is devastated to be diagnosed with a brain tumour, so seizes the opportunity to head for her home country and look up an old flame with whom she shares her feelings on having only months to live. (Guardian Unlimited)

Set in France around 1760-1770. The Marquise de Merteuil needs a favour from her ex-lover, Vicomte de Valmont. One Marquise de Merteuil's ex-lover, Gercourt, is planning on marrying a young, virtuos, woman called Cecile de Volanges. The Marquise would like Valmont to seduce Cecile before her wedding day. Meanwhile Valmont has a conquest of his own in mind, Madame de Tourvel, a beautiful, married, and God fearing woman... (imdb)