Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the sex slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape.

Set in Paris, an abandoned young mother whose devotion to her child and her desperate sacrifices to provide for him lead her into harlotry.

The seductive secrets, deepest desires, and dangerous temptations of the forbidden Wilcox sister come to light when Roxy is kicked out of the Manhattan town house. Introduced to the tantalizing world of high-class escorts, Roxy will be taught how to walk, talk, and dress to seduce, polished, and perfected in the art of satisfying the world's wealthiest men. When tragedy reunites Roxy and Emmie, with secrets between sisters bind them together-- or...

Cold and poverty define Hanna Renstrom's childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1905, at nineteen, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life. But none of her hopes--or fears--prepares her for the life she will lead. After two brief marriages, she finds herself a widow twice over, and the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa, a world where colonialism and white supremacy rule, where she is isolated within society by her...

"The frank and bracing memoir of a woman who spent ten years as a stripper. This Is My Real Name is the memoir of Cid V Brunet, who spent ten years working as a dancer at strip clubs, using the name Michelle. From her very first lap dance in a small-town bar to her work at high-end clubs, Michelle learns she must follow the unspoken rules that will allow her to succeed in the competitive industry. Along the way, she and her co-workers encounter compelling...

Mike and Scott, two young male prostitutes from different backgrounds, embark on a quest to find Mike's mother.

A cocaine-addicted teenaged guitarist in a rock band falls dangerously in love with a fourteen-year-old prostitute.