Book excerpt: Emma and her older is in dire strait. Only the protection of rich gentlemen can save them from danger. And just their luck, an infamous madame is willing to accept them in her Courtesan Ball.Despite her misgiving, Emma agrees to her sister's mad scheme. Until on the day of the ball, her sister leaves her alone in a den of sin. Then, she meets someone she knows, someone from the life she has left behind. And thank her lucky star, he doesn't remember who she is.Charles has no need for a mistress. He is thirty and three, he is ready to respectably settle down. Yet, fate brings him to the infamous Courtesan Ball, and not only that, now, he is saddled with a mistress. A young woman with big, vulnerable green eyes, who refuses to leave his mind.