Author Debra Glass’ latest Historical Erotic Romance novella for Ellora’s Cave, Slave to Fashion, pits hot London seamstress Georgiana Talbot against Blane MacLaren, Lord Lockerbie, a Scottish linen merchant interested in convincing Georgiana to purchase his linen for her designs. Georgiana however has her sights on procuring a marriage proposals for her unmarried sisters, specifically a proposal from Blane’s rival linen merchant, Lord Griffin.
Blane makes a snap proposal of his own, and while Georgiana is shocked, she can’t help but be intrigued with the brave, handsome, brash Scot. The trouble is, the rival merchant whom she wants for her sister, has eyes for Georgiana much to her dismay.
So Blane offers to help Georgiana in her scheme, if she’ll agree to spend one month with him in Scotland--doing anything and everything he wishes, however taboo, without complaint. A little hard to swallow, since, well, Blane makes her insane with rage half the time.
It’s no secret I fell in love with Debra Glass’ work a long time ago and Slave to Fashion is no different. Despite the fact that it has some BDSM elements, that I don’t usually care for, this didn’t take away from my enjoyment of Slave to Fashion. Her depiction of the era, the mores and taboos of the time vivid, if (and she acknowledges this in the opening pages of the story) idea of a female fashion mogul proves she skewed the history just a bit. It works, and very well, for the book. This time out, she surprised me, there was some humor here I never expected, but it worked, especially to break the ice between these two hard-headed characters!
Will she and Blane be able to keep their agreement from becoming something more than just carnal? Or will passion overwhelm Georgiana’s usual cold, calculating business sense? That’s a different story altogether! If you’d like to find out, Slave to Fashion is available in ebook at Ellora’s Cave, here.
Once again, no, not available at any Tampa bookstore, alas, but it is available for Nook and Kindle as well for users of other devices.
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For more about Debra Glass and her works—or more about Slave to Fashion—see her official website, and her essay about the story behind the story.
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