It's a story about the triumphs and tragedies of Maude Derringer, a highly sophisticated socialite from the city of Beverly Hills, who after struggling with drug addiction for a while in the early days of her career as a writer of modern-day literature, moves to the state of Oregon. There, she falls madly in love with a man (Ricky Vestellini), a handsome young man of Italian heritage, and that changes her life forever, however not before escaping a harrowing ordeal at sea. Then, as fate would have it, her strong compulsion to live in France becomes reality when they get married and move to France to begin a new life for themselves on the French Riviera. Unfortunately, their marriage doesn't very last long. In fact, she makes a heartbreaking discovery. The man she loves is having an affair with another woman, so she files for divorce and takes the children back to the United States to live. There, she meets up with an old friend, Ken Stackford and they suddenly rekindle their friendship. A short courtship ensues, and a short time later, she marries him, but the marriage lasts all of three months. What happened next would make even the strongest of hearts cringe in fear as she extracts a horrific revenge on both men. Maude does succeed in her endeavor to get even with them for their infidelity, however not before she pays the price of having suffered through two failed marriages.
