A woman confined by her Puritan upbringing finds a new life in London as a courtesan.

Miss Penelope Prestwick wants a duke for a husband, and clearly the dashing Duke of Edenham is the best choice. Just as Lady Dalby is clearly the best person to arrange the match. But how exactly should Penelope go about dazzling a duke? Surely a show of cleavage never hurt. Perhaps a kiss? And a bit of competition might do nicely. To that end, Penelope approaches the Marquis of Iveston requesting that he kindly appear interested in her so that the...

"El rey Rocco, acostumbrado a conseguir lo que quer'a, se había encaprichado de Ottavia Romolo. Pero si quer'a sus servicios, ella le exig'a firmar un contrato. Los términos eran tan abusivos que, si se hubiera tratado de otra mujer, Rocco se habr'a negado a sus disparatadas exigencias, pero la deseaba demasiado. Pronto comprender'a que podría serle de gran utilidad, y no solo en la alcoba. La aparici-n de un supuesto hermanastro que reclamaba...

This book documents the story of the famous courtesan who was a muse and mistress to such figures as Alexandre Dumas and Franz Liszt, tracing her upbringing in Normandy and her reinvention in Paris before becoming one of the most adored women in 1840s France.

"No one would ever suspect Lady Boudicea "Beau" Vaughn of secretly harboring unladylike desires. The object of her affection: Gareth Sandison, a notorious rake. Beau knows her brother would never approve, yet one glance into Gareth's smoldering eyes stirs a longing deep inside her. The second son of an Earl, Gareth has always known the lovely Lady Beau is above his station. But when she is kidnapped, Gareth sees a chance to prove his worth and plans...

The monk Athanael persuades the courtesan Thais to abandon her sinful life and seek redemption; meanwhile, he succumbs to earthly desires by falling in love with her.

When Boston museum curator Piper Chase-Pierpont unearths the steamy memoirs of Regency London's most celebrated courtesan, the Blackbird, she's aroused and challenged by what she finds. Could the courtesan's diaries be used as a modern girl's guide to finding love and empowerment?

Comtesse Valtesse de la Bigne was a celebrated nineteenth-century Parisian courtesan. She was painted by Manet and inspired Emile Zola, who immortalized her in his scandalous novel Nana. Her rumored affairs with Napoleon III and the future Edward VII kept gossip columns full. But her glamorous existence hid a dark secret: she was no Comtesse. She was born into abject poverty, raised on a squalid Paris backstreet; the lowest of the low. Yet she transformed...