Talk show goddess Oprah Winfrey may be giving up her daytime throne but she's still in the business of entertainment.

Winfrey yesterday announced that her production company, Harpo Films has inked a deal with cable network HBO to develop a steamy hour long series pilot about a woman who leaves her husband and kids to indulge in her secret fantasies and desires.

The yet-untitled show's pilot is currently being written by Erin Cressida Wilson, who will share producing credit with Winfrey and Harpo Films president Kate Forte. Of the premise of the show, Forte says “It is unsentimental and pretty shocking, and there is something complicated and destructive driving her (the lead character). It is literally a day at the pool, where she gets up, in sarong and flip-flops, and walks out of her life, leaving her husband and kids initially thinking she's been kidnapped or murdered.”

Forte says Harpo Films will be looking into several other ideas for series and miniseries.