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"There's more than meets the eye to this enigmatic brothel madam"
Reviewed by Denise Powers
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted May 8, 2003

Brothel owner "Madam Charlie" has a secret. After her presumed death in a fire, Charlie has taken on a new identity. She tries to make a better life for her "girls" and never allows clients to abuse them. Despite her career choice, Charlie has no desire to ever bed a man again after being abused Read more...

"Tight plot, well developed characters, and plenty of sex."
Reviewed by Sensual Romance
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Posted June 5, 2003

After an unsuccessful marriage to an abusive husband, Lady Charlotte Avonleigh wants to put the past behind and get on with her life. Having been sexually debased by her husband, she has never enjoyed the sexual act and doubts she ever can. Now that she is a widow she wants Read more...

"She was not what she led people to believe"
Reviewed by Patricia McGrew
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Posted June 27, 2003

In 1814 the Earl of Calverton and his young bride were killed in accidental fire. The estate was now in the hands of Colonel Jordan Lyndhurst, presently on the Continent. He was to be the Seventh Earl. For Charlotte, Countess of Calverton and widow of the sixth Earl, this might Read more...

Summary

London, 1814:
A young woman inherits an interesting London house, Number 14 Beaulieu Crescent. Nothing unusual in that, you might say. And ordinarily you'd be right. But this time the "house" is actually a high-class brothel, and the young woman has a secret identity of her own that she must never reveal. Especially not to the man who brings her body to life, stirs her senses like no other, and who has begun his own campaign to unlock the mystery that is "Madam Charlie".

Sexual Content: NC-17. Genre: historical.