When Marissa is unavailable to book an erotic photo session with a married couple, Allison volunteers. However, before turning her protégé loose for he first nude photo session Marissa teaches five of her six rules for erotic photo sessions. Taking her subjects to a secluded setting Allison learns that there is more to her art than she thought.

A single photograph of a Brazilian beauty named Astrud attracts major intention from a New York based agent who lures her with promises of an international modeling career. Soon fame and riches are heaped upon Astrud. When Javier comes to New York and demands that Astrud return to Jimena, marry him and start a family, Astrud must make a choice. She chooses her career but soon finds her life empty without her soul mate.

An African tribal mask triggers Marissa’s story of erotic masked cabaret dancer in early twentieth century Paris and a young American photographer who finds romance and erotic excitement from a French woman who dances wearing only stockings and a cheetah mask.

A bird feather left when a photo is stolen from the Midlands gallery which brings Sheriff Clayton back into Marissa’s life. This clue that leads Marissa and the Sheriff to a nearby Native American reservation where they learn that tribal elders blame the stolen photograph for Johnny Lonetree’s loss of “passion” for his lover Wenona.