When Maggie Howard takes in a new lodger she gets a glimpse of a dark, sensual, forbidden world that has always fascinated and intrigued her. With the lodger's input she meets Max Jordan, a notorious Slave Master whose speciality is training wilful, spirited young women to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Naked and tormented, eyes bright with conflicting tears of trepidation and longing, Maggie finds herself at the mercy of the Master, and begins to learn the true meaning of submission.