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  Madam of Espionage Mysteries: Book 1

  India Black

  by Carol K. Carr

  When Sir Archibald Latham of the War Office dies from a heart attack while visiting her brothel, Madam India Black is unexpectedly thrust into a deadly game between Russian and British agents who are seeking the military secrets Latham carried. Blackmailed into recovering the missing documents by the British spy known as French, India finds herself dodging Russian agents-and the attraction she starts to feel... (more)
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  Memories of My Melancholy Whores

  by Gabriel García Márquez

  A New York Times Notable Book On the eve of his ninetieth birthday a bachelor decides to give himself a wild night of love with a virgin. As is his habit–he has purchased hundreds of women–he asks a madam for her assistance. The fourteen-year-old girl who is procured for him is enchanting, but exhausted as she is from caring for siblings and her job sewing buttons, she can do little but sleep. Yet with this... (more)
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  The Education of a Very Young Madam

  by Ma-Ling Lee

  Full of juicy details about what really goes on behind the bedroom door, The Education of a Very Young Madam is a provocative exposé of the newest developments in the world's oldest profession. A stripper at age fifteen, involved with majorleague gang members before she was twenty, and a madam raking in over $20,000 a day only a few years later, Ma-Ling Lee has a tale to tell about life. The Education of a... (more)
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  Unconditionally Single

  by Mary B. Morrison

  Honey Thomas once made her living as a tough-talking prostitute and madam, but those days are long gone. Now, Honey runs a counseling center she founded in Atlanta that helps women like her get off the streets. The best part is Honey's new life is being bankrolled by money stolen from her ex-pimp, Valentino James.But no matter how fast Honey runs, she never seems to break free from her demons. Valentino... (more)
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  The Bay Lady

  by Marlene 'Brandy' Baldwin

  The fact of the matter was, the past two years, I never solicited girls; they solicited me…Raised in Boise, Idaho, she was one of San Francisco’s best-known brothel keepers. Now inside a convent, veteran Madam Marlene ‘Brandy’ Baldwin transforms her life with the help of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd and shares her story to the world in The Bay Lady.In this stirring autobiography, Baldwin... (more)
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  Yours Truly: A True Story of Prostitution

  by Tallulah Devere

  Faced with a mountain of debt and imminent repossession of the family home Tallulah ventured into the sordid, seedy world of prostitution and domination. Her courageous and resourceful spirit took her on a venture from part-time escort, to dominatrix and ultimately to running a brothel in London. Her sense of humour and tolerant nature allowed her not only to survive, but actually thrive in this bizarre, degrading... (more)