num_pages: 279
description: Book 2 of 5 in The Gentleman Courtesans series. Lady Lucinda Bowery has decided to cast off mourning attire and begin moving on from the loss of her husband. Hiring the gentleman courtesan known as an experienced dominant seems like just the thing to propel her out of bereavement and back to life. She intends for him to give her pleasure and perhaps help her find a bit of the woman she was before being widowed. Aubrey Drake became a courtesan to help bolster his expanding business as well as provide a trousseau and dowry for his ward. Over time he has grown bored catering to women who only see him as an exotic offering to be enjoyed temporarily and then discarded. Thus the thrill of mastering a submissive bedmate has lost its luster leaving him cold. When Lady Bowery is suggested as his new keeper he expects to be as apathetic toward her as all the others. But when sparks fly at their first meeting Aubrey becomes determined to master Lucinda in every way possibleeven though she seems intent on keeping him at arms length. As she finds comfort and pleasure with her new courtesan Lucinda finds it increasingly difficult to deny that what she feels for him goes beyond simple lust. Yet embracing the possibility of a future with him means letting go of her past. Aubrey is determined to win Lucindas heart but she still clings to the memory of her first husband. Can Lucinda come to return Aubreys love before its too late? 
language: None
title: What a Courtesan Wants
publisher: Victoria Vale