It's a novel that can best be described as an adventure in life between the main character of the story, Maude Derringer and a couple of men who use her. She struggles with drug addiction for a while but quickly overcomes that obstacle and falls in love with a man that changes her life forever. Anyway, when that happens, after a couple of very interesting twists to the story, she marries Ricky Vestellini. A handsome young man with Italian heritage and they move to France to begin a new life for themselves on the French Riviera. Unfortunately, their marriage doesn't last very long because Maude makes the heartbreaking discovery, he's having an affair with another woman. Needless to say, a divorce follows, she takes her children and goes back to the United States. There, she meets up with an old friend, Ken Stackford, they rekindle their friendship, proceed to get married however the marriage lasts all of three months. What happens next, would make even the strongest of hearts cringe in fear as Maude extracts revenge on both men for ruining her life. In the end, she lives happily ever after however the happiness she attains doesn't come without a price though.