An innocent virgin enters a brothel to escape starvation and receives expert tutelage in the steamy Victorian parlor games that rakish gentlemen indulge in...This short story originally appeared in the collection Parlor Games, also available from HarperCollins.

Leda Swann is the writing duet of Cathy and Brent. They write out of their home overlooking the sea in peaceful New Zealand. When not writing they have busy lives bringing up four children and enjoying an adventurous outdoor life that ranges from the mountains to the sea.