Kathy Norris
Sex is currency. It commands power and can instill fear. Tom, a young man with a troubled past finds himself sucked into a seedy underworld by George Norris, a now super villain with a sadistic streak. A helpless pawn in one of Norris's narcotic scams with a bent cop, Dunston, Tom is dragged deeper into a vicious circle of blood money, vice and ruthless violence from which their seems no way out. Until fate gives Tom a glimmer of hope. When Norris is killed in his apartment, Tom seizes his chance to escape. Terrified and covered in Norris's blood, Tom heads downstairs to his neighbors, Max and Nikki his new friends in the city. With going to the police out of the question, Max and Nikki speed Tom to their desolate cottage deep in the Welsh countryside. With the luxury of space, Tom begins to realize a long-forgotten dream; a return to happier times before his innocence was shattered. Suppressed emotion flood back provoked by Tom's attraction to Nikki...
Jane Williams
유부남 셀리(Percy Bysshe Shelley: 발렌틴 펠카 분)와 사랑에 빠진 메리(Mary Shelley: 리지 맥인너니 분)는 영국으로 떠날 계획을 세운다. 메리의 이복동생 클레어(Claire Clairmont: 엘리자베스 헐리 분)도 이들과 함께 가겠다고 따라나선다.
이들은 바이런(Lord Byron: 휴 그랜트 분)의 대저택에 머물고, 클레어는 바이런과 하룻밤을 보내다 임신한 사실을 알게 된다. 메리는 바이런의 충고에 힘입어 공포 소설을 쓰기 시작하고 이때부터 메리의 곁엔 인간의 형상을 한 악마가 그녀를 쫓아 다니는데...
