In The Forest of the Night: Restless and looking for excitement, Isabella is seduced by the brooding caretaker of her uncle's estate, Will Sage. Becoming lovers she receives a racy sexual education, until she's caught bare-assed with her lover. Will is banished from the estate and Isabella is thrown into the deviant but "proper" world of English society, where "gentlemen" take advantage of her lusty nature and then destroy her reputation. Ruined, she begins a search for her first lover, the only man who can give her the love and satisfaction she desires.