When Celia's mother dies, the young woman is left a legacy
that alternately shames her and offers her an opportunity
to live a life of luxury. Her mother was one of the most
well-known and lusted after courtesans in London -- and most
people expect Celia to follow the same path.
But although Celia's mother made sure her daughter was
trained in the art of pleasure, Celia is determined to use
other skills she's learned to set up a business that means
she won't belong to any man. Debts require that most of her
mother's estate be sold off, but a small house remains
where Celia plans to go into business selling plants with
her friend, Daphne. However, when she arrives to take up
residence, she finds the attic occupied by a man, Jonathan
Albrighton.
Albrighton is handsome and compelling, and Celia is very
tempted to try out the wiles her mother taught her. But on
finding out he's the bastard son of an earl, she knows they
have no future, and she does not want to take on the life
her mother lived.
A sexy and sensuous story! Ms. Hunter packs her usual
wallop of emotional tension and intriguing characters into
a complex storyline, continuing the saga of The Rarest
Blooms. This is one of my favorite series, introducing a
variety of characters each with their own challenges to
overcome. Can't wait for Daphne and Castleford's story --
coming up next!!
When famed London courtesan Alessandra Northrope passes
away, her daughter Celia Pennifold inherits little more than
a hopelessly contaminated reputation, a house in a middle
class neighborhood, and an education that prepared her to
take her mother’s place the way Alessandra intended. Celia
hopes to make her own life on her own terms, however, and
moves into the house only to discover one more legacy—an
enigmatic, handsome tenant who knows her mother’s plans for
her future rather too well.
Jonathan thinks he is on a simple mission to discover
whether Celia’s mother left accounts of her lovers that
might embarrass important men. Instead he finds himself
embroiled in a mystery full of dangerous betrayals and
secrets, old and new, that touch on his life as well as
Celia’s.
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