|
|
|
|
By: Juliet Chastain | Other books by Juliet Chastain
Categories: Erotic Romance, Erotica Fiction, Historical, Regency
Word Count: 10,700
Heat Level: STEAMY
Published By: Breathless Press
Against his conscience, Captain Edward Howland buys a night with the enchanting and mysterious masked courtesan, Lady Amelia Kentley, and their evening together becomes far more than either expected.
As her first night as a courtesan approaches, the mysterious masked noblewoman is the talk of London. Impoverished Lady Amelia Kentley, wearing a mask to hide her identity, is resigned to her fate, working in a brothel to support her child and herself. When she meets the kindly and passionate sea Captain Edward Howland, she is shocked at the powerful attraction she feels for him. She hopes that he will be her first paying lover. Dare she dream of more, of running away from her degrading situation with him?
Edward disdains paid-for sex, but he is so enchanted with the masked Lady Amelia that he cannot resist the chance to claim a night's pleasure with her before he sets sail in the morning. They share hours of overwhelming passion, and a deep affection develops between them. By daybreak, Edward is determined to find a way to rescue her from her fate as a courtesan, but can he do so without besmirching his honor?
|
|
The Captain and the Courtesan
Available in:
Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Reader, Mobipocket, EPUB, Palm DOC/iSolo, Rocket, Mobipocket
Price: $0.99
Cover Art by LFD Designs
|
Excerpt
Before she entered the parlor in which the gentlemen waited to bid for her favors, Amelia took a glass of spirits, for she could not stop trembling. She had struggled to accept her fate, but she was resigned no longer. Since last night, when she had kissed the new captain, she had been filled with an unreasonable hope that she could not suppress. She warned her heart that a navy man would be unlikely to have the means to outbid Madame’s wealthy aristocratic clientele. And even if tonight were spent in his arms—she seemed unable to keep herself from longing for that outcome with all her heart and soul—in the morning he would sail and be gone from her life. Then she would be available to any man who could pay whatever Madame charged for her.
And yet she hoped. She hoped for one night with the new captain. And, in spite of herself, she dreamed of more.
She entered the parlor on Madame’s arm. Against the dark green walls, the huge lewd paintings in their heavy gold frames appeared to flicker in the light of the gas lamps, as did the gentlemen seated on the damask upholstered sofas and on the fine Chippendale chairs.
Madame led her to a small dais and helped her to step onto it. Amelia wore a pale green dress, cut shockingly low and of fine, almost transparent muslin. She wore no petticoat or stays beneath it, but only a thin shift and a string of fine pearls around her neck.
She counted eleven men. Her heart sank. The captain was not among them.
She took tight hold of Madame’s arm for a moment as she tried to gather her courage. She was glad of the mask, for she felt the blood drain from her face.
She had known she must not hope, but all the same she had anyway. He had awakened her heart and her body and she did not regret it, but now her life as a harlot would be all the more difficult. She looked out at the men and could only dread what lay ahead. If it had not been for her child, she would have wished herself dead.
Each man had a glass of spirits or wine in his hand, and each carried at least five hundred guineas in his waistcoat, more than five times the amount a workingman made in a year. She recognized a few of them, including an elderly man she had met socially in the past before she had been thrown onto the street. She could not help but be shocked to see him here, for she had always thought him the soul of propriety. Several others had sat with her, as had the captain, in this house and had a drink.
The door opened and two more men entered. One wore the navy coat of a seaman and her heart leaped. It was he, the newly made captain.
She almost laughed out loud in joy. And then she wanted to laugh at the irony. Until recently, she was a completely respectable woman, the granddaughter of a viscount and the widow of a baronet. Now she prayed that a man whose name she did not know, and with whom she had spent a mere half hour, would buy the right to bed her in a brothel.
|
-
-
0 Ratings
The Pleasure Slave
Jan Irving
(Published by: Dreamspinner Press)
Lucius Mettelus Carbo, once a legate on the rise in the Roman army, rescues a beautiful young prostitute, Varick, who immediately stirs him. However, Lucius doesn't believe anyone could want him, a ma MORE...
Formats: pdfs
-
A Promising Virgin - Virgins No More
Berengaria Brown - Word Count: 18,300
(Published by: Evernight Publishing)
Zethan, Earl of Mitcham, decides, after careful thought, that the stunningly beautiful Miss Sapphire Arnott will make him the perfect wife. It's only when she declines his oh-so-flattering offer that MORE...
Formats: pdf - html - prc - epub
-
0 Ratings
The Gallant Lord Ives
Emily Hendrickson
(Published by: Belgrave House)
Alissa ffolkes, daughter of a baron, had two incomparable sisters-the beautiful Henrietta and the charming Elizabeth. Alissa herself is so shy that she didn't take in her first London season. But fall MORE...
Formats: epubs - pdfs
-
0 Ratings
Forbidden Son
Loretta C. Rogers - Word Count: 66,747
(Published by: The Wild Rose Press)
High school dropout Honey Belle Garrett has never thought of herself as poor white trash--just poor. In the summer of 1964, her world changes forever when sinfully sexy Tripp Hartwell III offers her a MORE...
Formats: pdf - html - epub - mobi
-
0 Ratings
Bath Scandal
Joan Smith
(Published by: Belgrave House)
Beatrice Searle, a beautiful and charming widow, agreed to smarten up tomboy Gillie Southam, because she believed Gillie's half-brother, Lord Southam, would accompany her to Bath. But it was Southam's MORE...
Formats: epubs - pdfs
-
-
5.0
3 Ratings
Teach Me
Cassandra Dean - Word Count: 85,000
(Published by: Decadent Publishing Company)
Ever curious, Elizabeth, Viscountess Rocksley, has turned her curiosity to erotic pleasure. Three years a widow, she boldly employs the madame of a brothel for guidance but never had she expected her MORE...
Formats: pdf - lit - html - prc - epub - lrf
-
Indian Heat
Alec Aahana - Word Count: 2,969
(Published by: Hot Tropica Books)
After losing his life partner, the young cowboy Sam Stewart lived a protected life behind the high walls and the fortress he called his home. A band of Indians came visiting one night to make peace an MORE...
Formats: pdf
-
Shadow Cursed - Brides of Darkness
Naomi Clark - Word Count: 17,160
(Published by: Evernight Publishing)
Released from Ottevar Asylum after eight hard years, Lady Emmeline returns to Nachtholm Manor to reclaim her birthright. But she has a battle on her hands—Rainart Eckhard refuses to give up his posi MORE...
Formats: pdf - html - prc - epub
-
5.0
3 Ratings
Love Revealed - The Market Series
Sorcha Mowbray - Word Count: 24,000
(Published by: Decadent Publishing Company)
Lady Katherine Drummond plays by society’s rules, even after the Ton turns on her. Shunned by her peers, she keeps up appearances by day but allows her true self out in the privacy of The Market. Th MORE...
Formats: pdf - lit - html - prc - epub - lrf
-
0 Ratings
Connections - Free from Selena Kitt
Selena Kitt - Word Count: 8,645
(Published by: excessica publishing)
In the bygone days before cell phones, lonely Cathy, college dropout, works in a grocery store and makes completely random phone calls to strangers just to make a human connection. When a strange coin MORE...
Formats: pdf - lit - html - epub - pdb - mobi - rb - kml
-
-
The Layered Mask - The Masquerade Trilogy #1
Sue Brown - Word Count: 19,598
(Published by: Silver Publishing)
Threatened by his father with disinheritance, Lord Edwin Nash arrives in London for one season to find a wife. While there, Nash discovers he is the lamb, the sacrifice of the society matrons, to be s MORE...
Formats: pdf - lit - html - prc - epub - lrf - pdb - mobi - fb2 - rb
-
-
4.0
12 Ratings
The Bride Bargain (MFM) - Brides of Bachelor Bay 4
Sofia Hunt - Word Count: 47,855
(Published by: Siren-BookStrand, Inc.)
[Siren Ménage Everlasting: Erotic Historical Ménage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, light consensual BDSM, spanking, sex toys]
When town gossip Lucy Riley demands to be released from her contract if the MORE...
Formats: pdf - lit - html - prc - epub
-
Almost a Virgin - Virgins No More
Berengaria Brown - Word Count: 18,600
(Published by: Evernight Publishing)
Theodora has loved John Smith ever since she was a little girl. But he's very wealthy and she's only a vicar's daughter.
John had been waiting for Theodora to grow up. When he kisses her in the gar MORE...
Formats: pdf - html - prc - epub
-
3.7
10 Ratings
Blackmailed by the Beast (MF) - Unlikely Love
Sam Crescent - Word Count: 30,500
(Published by: Evernight Publishing)
Wayne Brown is ruthless when it comes to business, and with a nickname of "The Beast", no one dares to challenge him. What he wants he gets.
Lily Jones is sweet innocence and despises men like Wayn MORE...
Formats: pdf - html - prc - epub
-
0 Ratings
Part-Time Wife
Jessica Hart
(Published by: Harlequin Treasury)
I need a wife!If only Homer hadn't broken Ran Masterson's antique vase...but the devoted mongrel wasn't to know that his mistress couldn't afford to pay for the damage, except by offering her services MORE...
Formats: epubs
-
-
3.7
3 Ratings
The Wagered Wench - The Conquerors
Georgia Fox - Word Count: 49,860
(Published by: Evernight Publishing)
As her father's only child, Elsinora must take a husband to help her run the manor of Lyndower. Although capable of managing the place herself, no one trusts a woman to lead. She can be a wife and mot MORE...
Formats: pdf - html - prc - epub
-
0 Ratings
The Gallant Guardian
Evelyn Richardson
(Published by: Belgrave House)
Lady Charlotte Winterbourne has long managed Harcourt for her brother and herself. When her long-absent father dies, grasping Cousin Cecil has designs on the estate. But Charlotte's father had appoint MORE...
Formats: pdfs
-
-
-
4.5
2 Ratings
Seconds - Regency
Megan Derr - Word Count: 10,000
(Published by: Less Than Three Press LLC)
Called to the be the second to a young, rash duelest, Alexis seeks out the appointed second of the challenger. But the man he expects is not the man he encounters, and Alexis finds himself thinking of MORE...
Formats: pdf - lit - epub - mobi
Previous
Customers who purchased this book also bought:
Next
|
|
|
Past 14 days updated hourly
