When her fiance returns from war service in 1945, artist Rebecca Hunt has a rude awakening. Oliver's old-fashioned expectations of a wife send her fleeing from his arms to forget him. On board ship Rebecca is seduced by a charming American journalist and she sees this as the beginning of a new, sexually liberated, life. In New York, Rebecca feels free to explore her recently awakened sensuality. With her refined English beauty and her appetite for erotic pleasures, she soon receives many intriguing invitations...