Lillianne Draper has fled the clutches of her drunken husband, Ewan, and returned to the safety of her family farm. But her tormentor, Dr Phillip Samms, needs Lillianne to endorse his machine for curing female hysteria - more than that, he needs to see her strapped in his restraining chair, helpless and at his mercy once more. Can Lillianne free herself for once and for all, and does a lasting love wait for her somewhere beyond the walls of Draper Estate?