.......to reach down within and discover a solid core of
strength we didn't know we possessed. In the end, courage
is a lonely pursuit of the soul. Another person can never be
brave for us.
Piper Chase-Pierpont is the museum curator at the Boston
Museum of Culture and Society. Her latest exhibit, is
showcasing the life of Ophelia Harrington, at the museums'
Fall Gala in three months.
Ophelia Harrington was the city's most beloved icon from the
nineteen century. A woman well before her time, she did
public speaking and held crusades
well before it was
appropriate for a woman to so do. She also had a shocking
past. In Piper's own clumsiness, she uncovers a secret
compartment in Ophelia's traveling trunk. Inside are the
secret diaries of Ophelia's life in England where she was
called the Blackbird, one of London's Courtesans. As
Piper's begins reading the diaries, she can't seem to get
enough. Ophelia's diaries are filled with sexual experiences
and are completely erotic. Piper begins to long to be more
like Ophelia. To have the courage Ophelia had to be a woman
way ahead of her time. One who was financially stable on her
own, proud and with no regrets.
Mick Malloy comes back into Piper's life. He is brought in
for six months as a consultant to the museum's
board of trustees. Mick gave Piper's self esteem a blow ten
year earlier when she tried to seduce him. Piper confides
in her best friend Brenna about the diaries and together
they use them as a basis to help Piper go from the frumpy,
clumsy appearance to the gorgeous woman Brenna always knew
was inside of Piper. With a makeover and a plan, Piper is
finally ready to seduce Mick and hoping he will be craving
for more.
The reader also goes through Ophelia's tale of how she
walked away from her family because they were forcing her to
marry a man she hated. How she sought the help of the Swan,
a well-respected courtesan to teach her the courtesan art.
The Swan enlists the help of a masked man only known as Sir,
to teach Ophelia about desire and passion. When Ophelia
finds herself wrongly accused and everything she knows could
be destroyed at the hands of the courts. And lastly, we
hear about how Ophelia came to keep her past secret and
become one of the most celebrated women in Boston.
UNBOUND is a must read. It will draw you into the story
from the absolute beginning....you will not want to put it
down! From the beginning you meet two very different but
also similar woman and watch them become the strong lovable
woman they always wanted to be.
London’s most celebrated courtesan, The Blackbird, was a woman before her time—uninhibited, financially independent, and free to live by her own rules. Schooled in the sensual arts by the one man she loved the most, she recorded every wicked detail in her diaries… When Boston museum curator Piper Chase-Pierpont unearths The Blackbird’s steamy memoirs, she’s aroused and challenged by what she finds. Could the courtesan’s diaries be used as a modern girl’s guide to finding love and empowerment? One curious curator—and one very lucky man—are about to find out…
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