Aspiring writer Genevieve Carter secures a job as personal assistant to her novelist-heroine, Anne Tournier. But she quickly discovers that Anne expects a lot more from her young assistant than was implied in the advert.

Genevieve becomes enmeshed in a web of sexual experimentation and intrigue that takes her to places darker than she has ever been.

And when she discovers the true motives behind Anne's behaviour, a battle ensues between mistress and apprentice that will push Genevieve to her artistic and erotic limits.