Icy, cynical and the most desired woman in the city. 24 years-old Lillian Veron hides behind a lace gold mask. They called her the Gilded Lily and she can fulfill any man's deepest, darkest and wildest fantasy if the price is right. She only wants one man but she can't have him. Her past, her present and her future made sure of that. Resigned and determined, she lives to tease and torment Jeffrey Gordon, her boss and the owner of the deliciously wicked and highly exclusive sex club where she works at, Decadent. She lets him know he can have her any time he wants but her heart was hers. She thought she was untouchable. She thought she was in control,that is, until someone was outrageous enough to buy her for a week. His fantasy? To fulfill her desires and fantasy.
Jeffrey wants Lillian and won't have her till she's out of the business. It pains him to see her used whenever someone was crazy enough to afford the exhorbitant sum to have her but Lillian refuses to leave. Her teasing drives him wild. Although she has offered him her body, he wants her heart but now it seems as if she's going to lose it to Ethan Clevedon. The newest member of the club and one who was crazy enough to pay to have Lily for a week.
Torn between two men, both dominant and intense and yet complete opposite of each other, Lillian faces a week of pleasure by both men and unknown to them all, her past comes back to haunt her that will either free her or make her permanently hide behind her gilded mask.
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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