Lisa has made quite a living for herself. She is the proprietor of an exclusive Carribean resort where members pay to have a slave wait on them and fulfill their every fantasy. But she has become ambivalent. Raised in a strict Catholic home, she has just returned from a vacation to see her family and is having trouble re-integrating into her "secret life." She needs a new challenge for herself-- the Club has become routine.

Elliott is a combat photographer and one of the slaves, subjecting his will to another and being whatever he is commanded to be. When he becomes aware of Lisa's intentions to single him out, he resists. Their relationship begins as a flip-flop of traditional sexual roles. As their relationship grows, Elliott begins to want to be loved by Lisa and to be an equal in their relationship. But Lisa is terrified of being loved for herself, and of intimacy and rejection. Lisa begins to act strangely, drawing the attention of Club management and breaking many of her own rules. They take a trip to New Orleans as "normal" people. The Club officials are looking for them and Lisa has Elliott return to the club. After realizing that she loves him, she returns to the Club to find him, but he has gone. Lisa sets out to find him and find love, leaving the Club behind.