Virginal 18-year-old Cecilia is shocked and aroused when she sees her mother, disgraced noblewoman Mary Drew, misbehaving with a mysterious visitor-who then turns his attentions to Cecilia Discovering that she not only likes his firm hand on her pert behind but that she craves, wants and even needs it, Cecilia succumbs to utter debauchery at the hand of the mysterious visitor-all the while struggling against her own instincts to maintain the facade of a "proper" young lady. But how far will Mr. Beckwith push Cecilia to elicit the young woman's absolute submission?"