She Was Tortured by Temptation...and her Flesh Was Weak. Back in print for the first time in over 60 years. Martha Desmond is a student nurse who loses her viriginity to Jordan Ainslee, a famous, womanizing playwright who is temporarily a patient there because of his drinking problems. They marry and move into his Manhattan penthouse. But it isn't long before his true nature emerges and he begins seducing an actress. So Martha abandons...