The Empress Card

Xana Bard has settled into a comfortable and contented life with Thorne Ardall, her "thug swain," only to have that life disrupted by the bodyguard duties he undertakes in order to protect the notorious but faded former siren Mona Raglan. Mona, Xana learns, is now a kinky boots manufacturer and compulsively adoptive mother. It seems everyone who knows Mona was once captivated by her compelling sexual charisma, or was touched by her taking on a worldwide brood of orphans. Unfortunately, now ...