Five women, all working at a school, pass Fifty Shades of Grey on to each other and take a downward spiral to disaster on a slippery slope. They all become dissatisfied with their sex lives and decide to make changes with catastrophic effects, but there's no going back. Julie, a virgin, wants a man and finds a rogue. Sally has to try and live with her crime while Fran, a bored housewife, finds the forbidden fruit of a younger man. Nadia is tempted by a woman and Sheila finds herself with a new career ruling the bedroom activities. Being unsettled throws each woman into unknown and forbidden territory leading to murder, illicit affairs and facing the dark side of life. They each in turn find it a struggle to pull themselves up to the top and resume a normal, if somewhat different lifestyle.