With her family in dire straits, Olivia Hopkins reluctantly agrees to seek a marriage proposal from the aging Earl of Bristol. But the plan goes awry when Olivia finds an erotic volume in the Earl's library. Catching Olivia with the scandalous volume offers Philip Paxton a superb chance to humiliate the father he despises. Using the book as bait, Philip lures Olivia into an electrifying affair that explodes into unbridled lessons of carnal pleasure....