The Virgin Whore of New York

On a bitterly cold evening in New York in 1870 a desperate street-walker named Jane offers herself to a well-dressed gentleman passing by hoping to make enough money to get off the street for the night. The gentleman, Arthur Bradley, has other plans for the girl and introduces her to the madam of the finest bordello in the city. There Jane is transformed into the mysterious and exotic Athena and she is exposed to the world of "Gilded Age" prostitution and a life of glamor and sophistication she never knew existed. It is a life of champagne and caviar and social freedoms most respectable women were denied at the time but despite her success she still carries a secret longing for love that will complicate her life and lead her to the brink of disaster. "The Virgin Whore of New York" is a unique blend of erotic romance and historical fiction that contains explicit adult language and situations. (Approximately 36,000 words.)