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21) The American
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
After a job ends more violently than expected, Jack retreats to the Italian countryside and accepts one last assignment to construct a deadly weapon for a mysterious contact. But when he pursues a relationship with a beautiful local woman, he may be tempting fate by stepping out of the shadows. Jack soon finds himself in an escalating battle to escape from his secretive past.
22) Belle de jour
Series
The Criterion collection volume 593
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Français
Description
The porcelain perfection of Catherine Deneuve hides a cracked interior in the actress's most iconic role: Severine, a chilly Paris housewife by night, a bordello prostitute by day.
23) Fallen women
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the spring of 1885 when wealthy New York socialite Beret Osmundsen first sets foot in a Denver police station. Just days before, she received the terrible news of the death of her estranged younger sister, Lillie. The telegram from her aunt and uncle was brief, stating only that Lillie had passed away suddenly and there was no need for Beret to make the long trip west. Soon, a sordid story is revealed when Beret comes across a scandal sheet with...
Author
Series
Sebastian St. Cyr mystery volume 4
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The sole witness to the slaughter of eight young prostitutes at a house of refuge near Covent Garden, Hero Jarvis, daughter of the Prince Regent's cousin, Lord Jarvis, joins forces with Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, to investigate the massacre, following a trail of danger that takes them from London's seedy underbelly to the highest levels of society.
26) Redeeming love
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Sold into prostitution as a child, Angel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Then she meets Michael Hosea, a man who obeys God's call to marry Angel and lover her unconditionally. Set in California's gold country in 1850, Redeeming love is a retelling of the story of Gomer and Hosea, a life-changing story of God's unconditional, redemptive, all-consuming love.
27) Tangerine
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles.
Author
Series
Honey diaries volume 3
Publisher
Dafina Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Running a counseling center in Atlanta to help women through the struggles she once faced, former prostitute Honey Thomas funds her center using money stolen from her ex-pimp and realizes she will have to disappear to prevent him from killing her.
Author
Publisher
New Directions Paperbook Original
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
One afternoon on a weekend in May, Dewi Ayu rose from her grave after being dead for twenty-one years. Across generations, the beautiful Indo prostitute Dewi Ayu, her daughters, and her grandchildren are beset by incest, murder, bestiality, rape, and the often fiercely vengeful undead. --Publisher.
Author
Series
Longarm volume 434
Publisher
Jove Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
After saving soiled dove Lucy Potter from two attackers, Longarm takes pity on the young woman. He buys her a new dress, gets her cleaned up, and takes her out for a fancy steak dinner. Lucy's got a good heart, and Longarm hopes his kindness might encourage the jaded prostitute to try another line of work. But before Lucy can begin her new life, she's killed by the same men who attacked her. Blinded by rage, Longarm can no longer see the line between...
33) The shark
Author
Series
Forgotten files volume 1
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
At the grisly murder scene of a teen prostitute, Virginia state trooper Riley Tatum's past roars back to haunt her. When she was a teenage runaway, she was kidnapped, drugged, and left unconscious on the streets. She has no memories of what happened, only strange recurring dreams of two men playing cards. Former FBI agent Clay Bowman, Riley's old flame, is Shield Security's newest member. He's plagued by the unsolved case of a serial killer nicknamed...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author: a rollicking murder mystery set in Gold Rush California, as two young prostitutes follow a trail of missing girls. Monterey, 1851. Ever since her husband was killed in a bar fight, Eliza Ripple has been working in a brothel. It seems like a better life, at least at first. The madam, Mrs. Parks, is kind, the men are (relatively) well behaved, and Eliza has attained what few women have:...
36) Irma la Douce
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Comedy about a young Parisian policeman and his romance with a prostitute.
37) Karen Memory
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A tale set in late nineteenth century steampunk Seattle finds orphaned Karen working in a high-quality bordello, where she confronts a powerful man who owns a dangerous mind-control machine.
Author
Series
Madeleine Karno mystery volume 2
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Lene Kaaberbøl returns with her beloved protagonist Madeleine Karno--an ambitious young woman who shatters the confines of nineteenth century France as she struggles to become the first female forensic pathologist and hunt down what appears to be a Jack the Ripper copycat. On June 2nd, 1894, in the wake of President Marie Francois Sadi Carnot's assassination, France descends into chaos and riots in the streets...
40) Pandora's box
Series
Criterion collection volume 358
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Lulu, a chorus girl who uses her sexuality to destroy the lives of men and begins a downward spiral into prostitution.
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