Mrs Hampton was in no mood for excuses. She demanded that the parlour maid lie across her lap at once. Eleanor knew what was coming and began to tremble but the feisty widow showed no pity. So she bent over the lady's knee, her pert little backside up in the air and her arms hanging down with her fingertips nearly touching the floor. As her skirt was drawn up and her bloomers pulled down she blushed with shame, but there was no point protesting. She had sold herself into service and her body, even those delicious and untouched parts, belonged to another now. Curious lusts and forbidden liaisons lurk behind a façade of respectability in Victorian London. For Eleanor, an innocent country girl, life in service as maid to the imperious Mrs Hampton, becomes a challenge beyond her experience or expectations.

Tormented or seduced by the other maids, preyed upon by the lecherous son, forced into unflinching obedience by her cruel and demanding mistress - all of this must be survived if she is to prosper in a city where innocence is quickly lost. And yet, within such a salacious household, Eleanor's service offers a curious opportunity to explore her own secret desires. So when her mistress is forced to give up her lover, Eleanor is determined to take her place. But can she meet the outrageous sexual demands placed on her by a woman whose appetite knows no bounds?.