Annie Chambers is a woman alone in late nineteenth century America. As a widow, she is without the protection that a family could give her against the natural exploitation of her profession, save that which she can invent for herself. What Annie has is a natural shrewdness and talent, a deep and loving heart, and an incredible sense of solidarity with women like herself who have no place to go. The real-life Annie Chambers was Kansas City's most famous Madam, a woman who a the height of her success catered to the richest and most powerful men of her day.