title: The Patron
author: Wood, Vivian
description: Ballet takes everything from you.All your sweat, all your tears, all your dedication, all your time.There are no drunken nights, no drugs, no boyfriends, no distractions whatsoever.But everyone has a dirty little secret...Working as a stripper at Club Ecstasy at night is my dark indiscretion. Sexy, mysterious billionaire Calum shows up as a patron at my club. He's drawn to my provocative innocence, not realizing that I am also a ballerina in his dance company. When I dance for him, he feels something stir in his cold, dead heart.After Calum finds out my little deception, he should turn me in. After all, ballet requires sacrifice. But to my surprise, he makes me an offer I can't refuse.And now I am staring into his dark blue eyes as I dance for him privately. Trying desperately to remember rule number one of being an exotic dancer.Don't fall for your customers.The Patron is a contemporary billionaire romance from Wall Street Journal Bestseller Vivian Wood. It's full length and the first of three books in the gritty, raw, passionate Broken Slipper Trilogy.