During World War II, Josette is a French woman whose husband is a prisoner of war. The German army forces her to share her house with a young German soldier. The two of them are lost souls, caught up in the tragedy of war. Their relationship has consequences.
Mary Jo, a nice, somewhat heavy, married woman of forty, talks her husband into allowing her to work at a motel to help fund her daughter's education. The owner uncovers her intent to meet with a long ago lover. She has that meeting at the motel. Because of it, many get to enjoy her. She can't resist. The owner has loaded the deck.
She can't die without knowing sexual ecstasy, but her husband can't cope with her disease. She finds a lover who will give her every experience he can, if there is only time.