GAIL HASTINGS had money, fame and beauty—yet these did not make her happy. What she wanted above all else was forbidden in polite society, banned by conventional morality. This is a problem far more common than generally realized. How can women in Gail’s position cope with life? Her own choice was to go after what she hungered for—even if it meant a descent into the gutter....
 
But Gail, inevitably, dragged down another girl with herself — the young and lovely Angela Winters. There was also the complication of Diana King, who changed husbands the way she changed evening gowns and was always ready to experiment. True, one man might have saved Gail front her shame —but Angela stole him. and Gail was left adrift, with no way to go but down....