A Reputation For Notoriety (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
Each night she entered the gaming house she risked losing control over her gambling, but when her night was finished she found unspeakable pleasure in Rhys’s arms. She stayed away from the hazard table as often as she could, but sometimes the gentlemen gambling there, Lord Westleigh especially, insisted she play. ‘Madame Fortune,’ they implored. ‘We need you at hazard. We need your magic touch.’ She continued to win more than she lost, but she thought this was because she forced herself to stop as soon as the euphoria of the game bubbled inside her. It was always a struggle, but the other gamblers began to respect her skill at card playing as well as her luck at the dice, and their pressure to play hazard eased somewhat. They also quickly learned that Madame Fortune had become Rhysdale’s lover, preventing any attempts at flirtation. None wanted to offend the gaming-house owner. It suited Celia very well that she did not become an object of seduction like the woman Rhys had told her about, the one who inspired his idea for the Masquerade Club.
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