Whore — Louisa Trent

After spending three years and a small fortune transforming promiscuous street waif Ducia Marsh into a stylish young lady of heightened sensuality, Zachery Quint decides to collect on his anonymous investment by making her his own personal whore.

So the libidinous financier might think, but Ducia has other plans. From unschooled orphan to factory girl to sophisticated entrepreneur, Ducia lives a Pygmalion fantasy come true, due to a benefactor's generosity. And nothing, not even her unwise passion for the wealthy and arrogant Quint, will stand in the way of her ambitions: 

Shoes. Not just wearing them. Creating them. From drawing board to their cobbling. Producing a line of fine ladies footwear is all she dreams about -- when she's not dreaming about Quint.

It's 1883, the Gilded Age in America, an era of Robber Barons and Gibson Girls, when anything seems possible. In ladies fashion, the bustle returns. A curled fringe remains ever popular. Shoes sport higher heels and narrower toes.

And a designing woman refuses to settle for anything less than love...regardless of what's in vogue.

WARNING: While not straight erotica, this story is an erotic romance. As such, it contains explicit sex, graphic language and adult situations.