Diaries and correspondence supplement the chronicle of a young man's summer as he initiates his young cousins, their friend and a schoolteacher by gentle punishment and deception.
A submissive mother has a problem with her dominant son and recounts how she became her son's slave and wonders if she can complete her transformation.
14 year-old Francine begins dance lessons under the care of a famous and very strict instructor. For six months she is put through her paces, is whipped into shape and learns her submissive role. She soon discovers the love of the rhythm within dance and the discipline which gives it its beat.
Miranda is not the stick insect so venerated by fashion houses. A lifetime of teasing by her younger associates leaves the delectably plump girl resigned to being an also-ran, till the cruel taunts of an arrogant male alerts an older women to her situation. Miranda is taken under her wing and that of her mature friends, and learns how to become very desirable - and get exactly what she demands from males, especially the one who brought her to light. He is also taught how to respect women.
An ex-husband discovers, much to his shock, that there is much more to his ex-wife than he thought when he goes to drop off the first alimony payment since the divorce.