Confessions of a Lapdancer. Литагент HarperCollins USD

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      Contents

      Cover

      Title Page

      Prologue

      ‘No physical contact. No fraternising. No wandering about. No extras.’

      Chapter One

      It was my first day back in the London office…

      Chapter Two

      The celebration at Corney & Barrow proceeded in the usual…

      Chapter Three

      It was time for me to put up or shut…

      Chapter Four

      I didn’t like the look of pity on Tania’s face…

      Chapter Five

      The morning sun streaming into my bedroom window helped me…

      Chapter Six

      I’ve always wanted to dance. When I was a girl…

      Chapter Seven

      Her story over, Jackie was suddenly back to business. ‘Right,…

      Chapter Eight

      She took us both down a spiral staircase into the…

      Chapter Nine

      My debut shift at the Pearl had been set for…

      Chapter Ten

      I strode on stage with as much attitude as I…

      Chapter Eleven

      Suzy had told me that once I’d done my duty…

      Chapter Twelve

      The next morning, there was a mound of paperwork to…

      Chapter Thirteen

      Of course, after a couple of weeks, the Pearl wasn’t…

      Chapter Fourteen

      Women sometimes came into the club with their partners or…

      Chapter Fifteen

      Well, we boarded this aircraft and I swear, it was…

      Chapter Sixteen

      It took Suzy less than fifteen seconds to find that…

      Chapter Seventeen

      I wandered over to him, letting my hips swing seductively.

      Chapter Eighteen

      As I sat in my office looking at Tania at…

      Chapter Nineteen

      I pulled on my khaki mini mac, wrinkled from being…

      Chapter Twenty

      Every summer growing up, I spend in Mierzeja Helska, on…

      Chapter Twenty-One

      When I worked my next shift, I wondered if I…

      Chapter Twenty-Two

      My heart was in my mouth, which made it difficult…

      Chapter Twenty-Three

      The next day in the office, I was now more…

      Chapter Twenty-Four

      I spent the first half of my life wanting to…

      Chapter Twenty-Five

      Some nights hit you completely unawares. This particular Saturday night…

      Chapter Twenty-Six

      Back in the club, I spotted Declan moving away from…

      Chapter Twenty-Seven

      In the back of the tasteless stretch limo, Suzy immediately…

      Chapter Twenty-Eight

      My legs went weak. Now I had to do something.…

      Chapter Twenty-Nine

      How do you describe black hole? All I know is…

      Chapter Thirty

      The next day Irena was released from hospital, and that…

      Chapter Thirty-One

      After that night with Desmond and Dublin and Tony, Linda…

      Chapter Thirty-Two

      Two days later I was still reeling from the revelation…

      Chapter Thirty-Three

      I left work early and arrived at the Pearl with…

      Epilogue

      ‘I knew the moment I saw you that somehow, sometime,…

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       Original Titles from Mischief

      Acknowledgments

      About the Author

      Copyright

      About the Publisher

      Prologue

      ‘No physical contact. No fraternising. No wandering about. No extras.’ Jackie reviews the rules while Suzy sips champagne and I strip out of my business suit. ‘We are wheels up in two hours, no exceptions. Once our limousine pulls clear of the security gates, we were never there.’

      ‘Very James Bond,’ I say, contorting to remove my bespoke silk suit. Thank God for tinted windows, or the commuters on Regent Street would be getting an eyeful.

      ‘More like Pussy Galore,’ Suzy retorts, refilling her glass with more bubbly.

      I don’t normally work Tuesdays but Jackie practically begged – and Jackie doesn’t beg. I planned to pull an СКАЧАТЬ