Despite having a masters degree in architecture, 26-year-old Emma Mayson is still having a hard time finding an intern position at an architecture firm. While searching for her dream job, 26-year old Emma Mayson decides to work as a maid. She figures that this way she'll get to see the interiors of a lot of homes, which will be good inspiration, and since it's work that she knows has no future she will not lose sight of her aspirations to make a living as an architect. In fact, she's so career focused that she hasn't had time for a relationships, or even casual sex, and can't remember the last time she went to bed with a man. She figures that all she needs right now is a rich man who will take care of her, and in return only expect a hot time between the sheets.

Enter Russell Carrick. Russ is a handsome, successful older man who happens to be one of Emma's clients. Emma is instinctively drawn to him, and even offers to do grocery shopping and cooking for him—a service that she doesn't provide for any of her other clients. Though Russ doesn't need his house cleaned, he feels sorry for Emma when she tells him about the hard times she's having making ends meet and finding inspiration as an architect. When he hears her proposal about being a man's mistress, he decides to let her stay in his currently vacant former apartment. In exchange, he'll take her up on her cooking services. Only, when he makes this proposition to Emma, she misunderstands him and assumes that he actually wants her for a mistress... and she accepts the position.

THE EROTIC SECRETS OF A FRENCH MAID was an entertaining, lust-filled story with a decent plot and interesting characters. Emma was an unusual heroine in that she put her career goals before her own happiness, and seemed willing to stick by that direction until she found herself falling for Russ. Russ was an unlikely hero, but easy to like since he sort of fell into being Emma's sugar daddy but made every effort to please her and make sure that she felt comfortable opening up to him. THE EROTIC SECRETS OF A FRENCH MAID would definitely be a fun book to take on vacation this spring since it's light- hearted, passionate, and well-written.