The book, is a collection of short-stories centering around women and their plights in society. The bulk of the stories actually relate the female characters as women who love men sincerely and are betrayed by such men as in the title story, "A Love Like a Woman's". Other stories, depict men as callous and insensitive to the kind of love that the women desire.Even in a story like " One Good Turn" where women are not the leading characters, a man is craftily portrayed as beastial and high-handed hence, leading to the protagonist's revolt against established order. "Beast on Rampage" is the only story in the collection that gives insight into the complicated relationship amongst women thameselves.