A walk along a lonely path in the woods to cool down after a row with her partner had shocking consequences for Amanda Myles. Triggering a hidden booby-trap, she found herself hanging helplessly upside-down from a rope noose about her ankles bargaining for her freedom with landowner Oliver Penwick, who employed unusual means of punishing female trespassers. His terms were humiliating and degrading and began with her stripping off while still suspended. Dare she accept them? Did she have any choice? And if it was all so terrible, why did she feel so aroused?