Volume One in the "Shameful Descents" collection brings us four misadventures of believable female-led fiction for the reader fascinated by those women of iron-will and authority who bring the male of their choice to heel. And fetch him there in a number of ways - be it blackmail and coercion, hypnotic mind-control, the occult, or simply sheer erotic power. Inside you will find: "The Housekeeper", by Maurice Reynard; "Luella Miller Revisited" from Sandrine Bessancort; "The Shaming of Purbeck" from Maurice Huysman; and Sandrine D'Honfleur's "The Shaming of Purbeck". Exotic and erotic fiction with overtones of murder, horror, the occult, and female sadism.