The fourth installment in my Virgin series featuring the rough and tumble world of 19th century Boston’s Red-light District, where working at fancy houses, taverns, opium dens, gambling establishments and cancan dancehalls were often the only avenues available for impoverished women to escape abject poverty. Such is the case for young orphan Emma Jones. Alone and desperate, with no way to make her way in the world, the young virgin is forced to trade her lofty ambitions for the down and dirty reality of financial security. Her attraction to a dangerous street hoodlum made wealthy due to his involvement in illegal activity has her questioning what makes a gentleman and what makes a criminal… …and if it is possible for a man to be both at the same time. If the answer is yes, can she whore for him and love him too?

Late 19th century Gilded Age erotic historical romance. A petty thief and consummate liar turns big-time con artist in a risky scheme to swindle wealthy merchant James Cornell out of a fortune. Her virginity on the line even before her plan goes awry, she succumbs to his dark magnetism and loses all to him: her innocence, her self-respect…her very idea of what love is and what it is not. And when he demands more of her, she gives that too until she is left with nothing more to give him… Save herself, all of herself, every naked corner and honest inch of herself.

Third installment in the loosely connected “Virgin” series. All novels standalone but reading them in order – VIRGIN ENCOUNTER followed by VIRGIN ESCAPADE – does enrich the romantic experience. A 19th century Gilded Age romanceVowing to remain a virgin in the interests of her ambitions, Phoebe Hall wants nothing to do with illicit passion or its tragic consequences. Her oath does not, however, protect her from Shield, a tough man who is every bit as driven to get ahead as Phoebe. Some might even call him ruthless in his quest to succeed. But Shield has a chink in his armor, and it’s Phoebe. When she does him wrong, her attempt to make him restitution as his mistress brings out the dominant male in him. Driven by desires almost as dark as those belonging to Phoebe, he will do anything to protect her. From her own impulses.And from his, as well.

Erotic Romance, Time travelWhen a socially-awkward history geek attempts to escape his present-day insecurities with the ladies...and just about everything else...through a role-playing game, he lands his sorry-ass in a pseudo-medieval world, where he can either assume the persona of the brutal warrior called Ajest or risk life and limb in mortal combat as his conflicted self.Well...the choice is obvious.What's not so obvious to Ajest is the lovely damsel in distress he meets in this parallel universe.Weird, how she keeps throwing herself at him. Weirder still is how strongly she reminds him of Ria, the girl who wouldn't give him the time of day back home...Poor, confused Ajest! The joke is on him in more ways than one in this goof on time travel and role-playing games and history geeks...and just everything else, including techno phobes and craft beer brewing and Boston speak.In other words, it's a typical Louisa Trent erotic romance, with a dominant warrior who really isn't, a submissive fem who really isn't, and a happily-ever-after that really is well-earned.