Raised by her very strict, Catholic parents, Rose Beaudette is afraid to show her passion for her husband, an assistant attorney general, she just recently wed. Then Rose meets Collette, an adventuresome, fashionable woman, whom Rose thinks is a bit wicked. She introduces Rose to a world of sin she never allowed herself near before. But one night in a gambling den, Rose finds herself suspected of murder, and although her husband quits his job to defend her, he doubts her innocence. Ostracized by local society for her behavior, Rose is placed on trial, a victim of an insidious plot of revenge....