The Curious Satisfaction
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Last published Sat, Jun 22, 2013
How was Sophie Bright supposed to know that her whole life would change after one night at club “Lounge 86”? Well, it did.
After a day she’s drinking luxurious champagne with the charismatic owner. A week and she’s serenading amorous clients of the millionaire persuasion. A month and she’s all but fallen in love with the mysterious yet fragile pianist.
It’s a heady concoction; a world of money, love and infinite pleasure. But enjoying her new life is harder than imagined when her family, obsessions and secretive lovers intertwine.
There must be something in the champagne; everything about it is completely wrong and yet so utterly right. It’s a curious satisfaction...
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