Karlie Montana is living a life of quiet desperation, stuck in an office job and seeking escape in erotic novels featuring the author's muse, a woman named Scarlet. She emailed a fan letter to the author, thanking him for creating a world she spends more time in than real life: "I don't expect I'll ever hear from him, but it's worth a try, I guess."

The author IMs her, and she gets positively giddy at the possibility of talking to him on the phone, hyperventilating and running to the bathroom to rub out a quick one. When he calls, she tells him that she could never do the things Scarlet does in the books: "That's not me."

"Not you ... or not you yet?" he asks. He says he'll call her back tomorrow, when she's at work. When he calls, he offers to introduce her to a couple, characters from one of his books. When she walks in to meet the couple, the man is shirtless, and flogging the woman as she stands, blindfolded, getting his fingers shoved down her throat and being told that she's worthless. Karlie watches as he doms her, getting turned on, and abruptly leaves after they finish their sex scene.

Karlie's experiences get more intense, and she is soon in a dungeon in bra and panties wearing a blindfold, collar and leash and getting swatted by James Deen and Skin Diamond, who call her "Scarlet" as she responds "thank you" with each slap before things escalate into a three-way sex scene. Back in the office, she's now dressed in a sexy halter, idly swatting her bare shoulder with a small flail. When she finally meets the author, it's not him—but the author, on a cell phone, tells her it is him, this is your moment, when you get to be whatever you want to be. The scene that follows includes blindfolds and handcuffs, with Karlie/Scarlet getting in touch with her inner sub.

Good for curious couples. Low-key lighting and quiet music sync well with the dark material on display. Packaged with an instructional DVD from Dr. Ava Cadell about "Sensual BDSM for Couples."