âUnique situation for an attractive, well-mannered, morally flexible young man. Hours irregular. Pay generous. Discretion a mustâĶâ
When struggling, out-of-work actor, Hughie Venables-Smythe sees the mysterious job description in the classifieds, heâs convinced heâs found his destiny. For, though heâs become accustomed to running out of credit on his cell phone, sleeping on his sisterâs sofa, and begging the waitress at the local cafÃĐ to let him slide yet again on his bill, he longs to treat his loverâthe sexy, sophisticated, and amorously ruthless lingerie designer, Leticia Vane, to the finer things in life. But how is he to win her heart if he canât even pay for dinner? When he learns that his lucrative new position means flirting with married women who have been neglected by their spouses, he canât believe his luck.
Soon initiated into the extraordinary secret fraternity of the Professional Flirt, Hughie promises to have an exceptional career ahead of him. However, the life of a Flirt is a curiously lonely calling and thereâs one absolute rule his new employer has: he must remain single. Onlyâhow can he live without the delicious Leticia Vane?
Surely, thereâs nothing wrong with using a few of his newly polished romantic skills on the side to quietly seduce the woman he loves . . . is there?
As clueless as he is handsome, Hughie gamely decides to throw his already complicated life into utter chaos . . . and discovers exactly why a Flirtâs professional and personal life should never mix.
Kathleen Tessaro is the author of Elegance, Innocence, The Flirt, The Debutante, The Perfume Collector, and Rare Objects. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with her husband and son.