Joe finds himself in a compromising position with a bondage author that Mel invited to her book club. Mel is thrilled when Noelle Devereaux (Fiona Gubelmann), bestselling author of the steamy novel "Love and Bondage," pays a visit to her book club. When Nicole overhears Joe criticize her work, it turns her on, and she ends up trying to seduce him. Meanwhile, Lennox discovers Zander (Sterling Knight) and McKenna (Greer Grammar) are secretly dating.