What is a Courtesan?
A courtesan is someone
far more ambitious, worldly and practiced in her arts than a mere mistress or
prostitute. A successful courtesan would understand men, fashion and society,
be bold and able to hold her own in the bedroom and out of it. Some infamous courtesans
even rose to the heights of power at the side of their benefactors. Others acquired
houses, jewels, gowns and money, and eventually retired comfortably. But where
did a courtesan get her start? Beginning such a career was no easy feat. She
had to learn both the sensual arts and rules of society somewhere. She needed
an introduction.
In my book An Aspiring
Courtesan, we take a playful sensual journey with Livvy a young woman who wishes to
become so much more than a mistress or wife. In the Regency, a time of few
rights for women and arranged marriages, she would be a woman in control of her
own destiny. Or so she thinks. She turns to her cousin Alina, a housemaid, for
advice and instruction. Alina who is about to be married, can no longer have
the playful sensual flings with the handsome young Duke of Borden that she has previously
enjoyed on his visits to her own employer the Earl of Devensley. She instructs the untutored Livvy in
the sensual arts, persuading the duke to accept Livvy and to be her first lover.
Livvy is a sensual and
determined young woman who knows what she wants. If she has to learn from someone
she is happy that it is the duke.
This book delves into both
the duke’s thoughts and Livvy’s, followed by the story of his friend the earl
and a seemingly innocent young debutante who has learned a few things from
Livvy.
An Aspiring Courtesan is
a sensual romantic comedy and very definitely for adults only!
In the US Find An Aspiring Courtesan here
In the UK Find An Aspiring Courtesan here
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