This contemporary erotic thriller is set in a small village in Kent, England. To help pay the bills Elizabeth and Peter, a young couple, reluctantly take in a lodger. William, a retired widower who seems harmless enough. Elizabeth soon discovers that William has a fascination with the Marquis de Sade. Bored with the routine of village life, Elizabeth is curious, and after reading Sade's philosophy asks William to give her further instruction in the...