Rhona's sexual preference are women. In her 40s, she offers strict, disciplinary guidance to younger women needing direction and purpose in their lives. Jasmine a wayward girl, is nearing her 18th birthday. After a scrape with the police, her parents are throwing her out, they have had enough of her troubling behaviour. In a magazine, Jasmine sees the services offered by a local woman and makes contact. Rhona and Jasmine meet, they get on and the older woman offers Jasmine a room in her home. This is the start of a hot steamy romance but not until Jasmine reaches age of consent. Everything leads up to a birthday neither will forget. Dark secrets unfold, and Jasmine's past comes back in an unexpected way. Sadie Stern, writing in her usual no holds barred way, where nothing is left unexplored.