Pearl longs for something more from her staid life. When her friend Frances suggests they become a gentleman's harlot for the evening, Pearl's life changes forever.

Pearl feels trapped by society's rules and longs to let out the wanton woman inside her. Her friend, Frances, secures them a night of work in a gentleman's club in Whitechapel, London, where Pearl must act like a harlot and wait tables. With the threat of Jack the Ripper too close for comfort, Pearl meets Seth, who makes her feel all kinds of sexual longings.

Seth has heard rumours of Pearl hating him, but he vows to make her love him. He tells her his name is James, and when she arrives at his club to begin work, he knows he will make her his. As he teaches her the act of lovemaking, he's also hiding two secrets. One, that he is the man she is supposed to hate, and two, that he knows who Jack the Ripper is...