Fiction Books Bay

Written by Carol K. Carr
Format(s): EPUB MOBI
Language: English

India Black, the beautiful young madam of Lotus House, an elegant brothel in Victorian England, has her hands full keeping her girls in line, avoiding the police, and dealing with an insistent clergyman who hopes to save all of them. When Sir Archibald Latham, a high-ranking official at the War Office, dies of a heart attack while enjoying the services of one of India’s tarts, she finds herself in the middle of a deadly espionage game between Russian and British agents who want the military secrets that were in Sir Archibald’s briefcase. French, a handsome British spy, catches India disposing of Latham’s body and blackmails her into helping him recover the missing papers. The trail takes them from the Russian embassy to Claridge’s Hotel and down the English coast as they try to elude the Russians who want to kill them. Also threatening to distract them from their goal is the growing attraction each feels for the other. Readers will enjoy this impressive debut novel, which provides a colorful portrait of Victorian society as seen through the eyes of a strong, intelligent woman.