There are those who are familiar with a woman like Jo, who steals a man’s heart during his own midlife crisis on the other side of the world… …or a woman like Deandra, who robs the wealthy during the stormiest night of the season when the dark reveals its secrets… …or a woman like Cassie, who collects airline travel perks no matter the cost to her, or others’, well-being… …or a woman like Heather, who succumbs to a lifestyle brand, the kind one doesn’t ever recover from… …or a woman like Jillian, who promises herself, after her divorce, to never be seduced by a stranger… …or one out of a number of other women whose stories are told here, as cautionary tales, perhaps, of the absurd, the grotesque, the demented, the forlorn, the brazen, or the downright strange. Perhaps even you may find some of them awfully close to home.