The House of Agnes is a very successful escort business, run by the mysterious Agnes. But her business is under threat from multiple directions, at the same time as the unknown Lola has appeared looking for Agnes's attention.

I loved Agnes as a character. The way that her background and experiences had shaped her, and how she chose to use her influence within her line of work. Lola took a little longer to grow on me, particularly as we're introduced to her as someone who's trying to trick her way into Agnes's life. But I definitely felt for the situations that she was pushed into. And also appreciated that she very definitely didn't have her life completely together.

This was a super steamy read, which felt very much right with the topics of the book. The chemistry between Agnes and Lola was fantastic, and I loved how it developed in stages.

The suspense side of the plot was interesting. There were a few characters that, to me, seemed to obviously be up to something, but I liked that I was never quite sure what it was.

Also I very much commend this book for being positive about escorts and other SWers - making it clear that people in the industry choosing to take advantage of them is problematic, not the workers themselves.

Despite this book being about about escorts the book wasn’t overall sexual and still had a good plot which I appreciated.

I did enjoy it and found it an interesting read, I especially loved the part where Agnes is saving women as it’s too often in situations like these that women are being victimised and exploited.

Overall a good book :)

The book follows Lola, an investigative researcher who wants revenge for her sister's death, and Agnes, "queen" of a luxury escort service and Lola's target. Even though they don't trust each other, there is an undeniable strong attraction from the very first moment they meet.
The story felt like just background for the erotic scenes and was mostly pretty cliché and predictable. There was a quite well done twist at the end, but then the conflict was neatly wrapped up in what felt like only a couple of sentences.
I would recommend this book if you are in the mood for lesbian erotica with a backstory, a bit of intrigue and power struggle.

Fiona Zedde scorches the pages with hot writing
I liked this story overall and at least one plot twist caught me by surprise. There are several truly hot and sensual scenes and other kinds of action going on in the story along with an element of mystery that kept reminding me that nothing is as it seems with the action and characters. It's a curious mix but works well here. The trustworthiness of each character from moment to moment kept me paying close attention for clues as to where their allegiances lay. There are some darker themes but not to the point of making it a heavy drama; I read the book fairly quickly and was both entertained and surprised along the way.
My only issue with the book is that there were several instances where the actions of main characters Lola and Agnes took me out of the flow of the story because they did not fit with how I thought an investigative journalist and highly successful madam would behave. To me they felt convenient to the plot trajectory rather than true to the characters. That said I still recommend the book because Fiona Zedde scorches the pages with hot writing and powerful female characters.