Publisher's Synopsis
Cecelia Teague found an escape when a nameless benefactor paid her stay in a prestigious boarding school. The product of a clandestine affair, her vicar father raised her with cruelty and neglect. She is intent on continuing her education at the University of London, where she can build a life for herself. But when a letter from the Scarlet Lady, Madame of The Masquerade, the most prestigious and infamous brothel in London, informs her that she's left The Masquerade to Cecelia, along with a generous fortune, her life changes. How can a vicar's daughter run a brothel? But when she realises she has learned how to successfully run a business, why not become a secret Madame as well?