The Countess's Client (The Countess Trilogy #1)

""The practice of genuine virtue leads to a life of odious boredom.""

So feels widowed young countess Anna von Esslin, who is denied her normal erotic pursuits while staying with relatives in Paris. Without her usual opportunities for pleasure, the countess resorts to visiting a local brothel--but not as a client. To get the satisfaction she craves, the countess must masquerade as one of the girls....