A pair of scheming ex-lovers attempt to exploit others by using the power of seduction. A pair of scheming ex-lovers attempt to exploit others by using the power of seduction.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses "Dangerous Liaisons," based on the 1782 Choderlos de Laclos novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," is tantalizingly wicked -- watching it makes the color rise to your cheeks.

In Dangerous Liaisons, the Starz period drama series that's meant to be a prequel to these events, the title's emphasis is on the first word: dangerous.

"Dangerous Liaisons" is a story of two people who lack the courage to admit they love each other, and so they spend their energies destroying the loves of others. They describe as cynicism what is really depravity and are so hardened to the ordinary feelings of life that only one emotion can destroy them.

Camille tells Valmont the whole story. She was brought in as “an innocent” and raped by Montrachet. When she found herself pregnant and told Jacqueline what her husband did, Jacqueline refused to believe her.

Camille's bargain with the marquis is that, instead of marrying Emilie, he marries her. There it is. We're approaching her OG title as the Marquise de Merteuil. The marquis tells her if he is equal to the carnage she has wrought, the world should be afraid of them both.

Les Liaisons dangereuses is celebrated for its exploration of seduction, revenge and malice, presented in the form of fictional letters collected and published by a fictional author. The book was viewed as scandalous at the time of its publication, though the real intentions of the author remain unknown.

But even after the society in which it takes place had long since disappeared, Dangerous Liaisons continued to earn a reputation as a work of intentional and corrupting immorality. Parisian authorities even went so far as to ban the book in 1824.

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Dangerous Liaisons: The Prequel: Volume One of the Prequel to Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

Dangerous Liaisons implies that the extremes to which Valmont and Merteuil go, including manipulation and deception, are the practical extensions of self-serving hedonism. Such hedonists are naturally inclined to manipulate and deceive others in order to achieve their own pleasures.

Camille's bargain with the marquis is that, instead of marrying Emilie, he marries her. There it is. We're approaching her OG title as the Marquise de Merteuil.

Camille (Camille Razat), the daughter of French champagne company owners and boyfriend of chef Gabriel (Lucas Bravo), falls under the spell of Sofia, a Greek artist. Camille and Sofia's passion-fueled relationship becomes instrumental to the rest of season three.