When Sarah, a voluptuous raven-haired tomboy, transforms into a rustic femme fatale, victims are to be expected. The last daughter of a middle class family, born into a 1920s conventional social code, Sarah's rebellious nature puts her on course for a trail of heartache. Inevitably, there will be casualties. Will the martyrs of love and lust be the two people Sarah holds most dearly, herself and her husband, Arthur? Sarah's infatuation, which she interprets as love, seductively lures with a temptation that offers love, lust and escape. Her comfortable but otherwise tedious marriage adds fuel to this toxic mix of unpredictable romance at its most destructive. Sarah is on a voyage of discovery, her passengers become unwilling members of the crew.