In a rural town, when a young, na?ve wife of an older, powerful cult leader becomes a secret prostitute, she discovers the town’s and cult’s dirty dark secrets that empower her to create a sex empire.

In the various iterations, I don't see a motivating inciting incident.?

Becoming a prostitute is not a casual decision, certainly not a choice any "naive" woman would obviously, easily make.? What is the event that? pushed her over the edge, induced her to overcame her naivety and become a prostitute?

Also the main character is essentially an anti-hero.? She's an amoral, opportunistic slut. There is no socially redeemable aspect to her motives, or her methods.? The psychological story hook is sexual voyeurism, not emotional empathy.

Anti-hero characters are tough to sell.? Not impossible, but tough.? Particularly when this fictional story must compete for attention in the real world where there are so many competing? and far more titillating opportunities for people to indulge their sexual voyeurism.

Just saying.

I agree with Nir Shelter that all the elements don't seem to connect in a credible cause-and-effect chain of events.? And I also agree that she could just as well take a lover or several to solve her problem of sexual frustration.? I don't see why the only remedy is for her to become a prostitute.? Or how prostitute can constitute a remedy for her sexual frustration.

And if she's brazen enough to become a prostitute, why isn't she brazen enough to also leave her husband, leave the cult?

IOW: in my calculus, the motivational math just doesn't add up.

fwiw

Consider the cause and effect of the elements in a logline as important as the goal and events.
How does she being married to a cult leader make her want to become a prostitute?
How does her discovering secrets "...empower her..."?
What does "...empower her..." mean in practical terms?
What does a sex empire mean in practical terms?

All these things don't seem logically connected.

Becoming a prostitute is an extreme and highly unusual way to deal with sexual repression, she could easily go out and have sex with as many men and women as she likes - she doesn't have to become a prostitute if it's only sex she's after.