Portia Da Costa
Society already believes she's a scarlet woman.,Why not become one?,Posing nude to appease her now ex-fiancÃ© perhaps wasnâ€™t the most prudent idea Beatrice Weatherly has ever had. With the photographs scrutinized by both high society and low, and her brother running them into debt, Beatriceâ€™s hopes of making a respectable marriage are dashed.,After one glance at Beatriceâ€™s infamous racy cabinet cards, wealthy, powerful Edmund Ellsworth Ritchie is soon obsessed with Beatriceâ€™s voluptuous figure. His indecent proposalâ€”one month of hedonistic servitude in exchange for enough money to pay her brotherâ€™s debtsâ€”is one she can hardly refuse.,Determined not to let the rogue best her, Beatrice sets out for the infamous House of Madame Chamfleur to learn how to appease Edmundâ€™s well-known sexual appetite. Soon the couple is playing out exquisite fantasiesâ€¦and feeling emotion that goes deeper than flesh. But Edmund harbors a shocking secret, and Beatrice must decide if sheâ€™s prepared to give up everything for a man who can offer her nothing, but who means everything to her.
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In the Flesh