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Madam X - cover

Madam X

L.J. Diva

Publisher: Royal Star Publishing

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Summary

What happens when the acclaimed international TV crime drama, Blue Bloods, inspires a story?
 
It brings to life Madam X, book three in the Illicit Things series.
 
 
 
Who knew being a madam could spell the end of your life…
 
After many successful years in New York, running the company her grandmother started and her mother took over, Josephine Pompadour has lived up to her inherited title of Madam X for five decades.
 
But when judge Bartholomew “Bartie” Winthrop murders two of Josephine’s girls, and dies from a heart attack in the midst of a passionate embrace with one of them, those in power start getting nervous, praying their secret fetishes won’t be exposed due to his carelessness. Then their world starts to splinter, shattering shard by shard, and there’s only one person they want to make responsible.
 
Even from behind bars, Josephine won’t go down without a fight. She has a secret weapon on the outside, one who is more than willing to make the bastards pay for what they’re doing to her, all of them, especially Police Commissioner Ryan and his family.
 
The dirty secretive underworld of New York’s brothels is crumbling, and all of the high-powered men of the city are going to be taken down in a blaze of delicious vengeful glory.
 
 
 
If you love Jackie Collins, you'll LOVE L.J. Diva and her Blue Bloods inspired Illicit Things trilogy. Read all of L.J.'s Jackie inspired books today!
Available since: 10/19/2025.
Print length: 222 pages.

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