In this era of sexual sophistication, innocence can be a refreshing thing. In a time when sex manuals are sold in nearly every drugstore, most high-school girls are on the Pill and a book about a hooker becomes a national best-seller, the girl who is sexually innocent and trusting can be a very appealing novelty. But this innocence can also be a dangerous thing, for there are people waiting to take advantage of this. Indeed, it is the innocent who are most often exploited. It is the girl who lacks sophistication who frequently finds herself in trouble. Arlene Walters is just such a girl. Innocent and unsophisticated, she does not know how to deal with he errant boyfriend, or the boss who is trying to seduce her and make sex part of her office work schedule. Arlene is like many young girls on the threshold of womanhood. With little knowledge of the real world and now people can use other people, it can be a painful transition. This is a hard-hitting novel about one girl's struggle to make that transition.