In 1935, Polly Adler was New York City's most successful madam. She was fiercely protective of the women in her employ. When her establishment, along with other area brothels, fell under mob control, Polly knew she had to fight back. Eunice Carter was an assistant district attorney working for Thomas Dewey, who created a task force to bring down the elusive mob bosses. Eunice worked on linking figures including Lucky Luciano to the city's brothels. Polly, a Russian-Jewish imm

Phoebe Berman is 29 years old and lives in Los Angeles. She loves her job as a pre-K teacher, enjoys a great circle of friends, and has a loving family. What she also has is her virginity. A disastrous and traumatizing first-kiss incident in middle school has escalated into a significant fear of intimacy. Yet, the organized, label-machine loving, list-making, romance book reading Phoebe is determined to lose her virginity by her fast-approaching 30th birthday. She has compose

Francesca "Frankie" Gardiner and George Saint James have been best friends since childhood. Although they had drifted apart, when Frankie introduced George to her fiancé Nate, a slightly older man, George felt they weren't a good match. George agreed to be her best man but the night before the wedding, Nate called it off, with no explanation. Heartbroken, Frankie decides not to let her honeymoon go to waste and invites George to go with her. It was an opportunity for Frankie

Daphne Fuller leads a fulfilling life as an English teacher at a Manhattan prep school. At 53, she is happily married to 70-year-old Jonathan, a retired hospital administrator. While walking through New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jonathan notices a man who seems to be following Daphne. Although she doesn't recognize him, the man is Eddie Triplett, her mother's second husband. Daphne's parents, Buddy and Abigail, divorced when she and her sister were young. Abigail is