The Duke's Collection

When a debt-ridden art historian accepts a six-month contract to catalog an extensive private collection at a secluded Tudor mansion, it feels like salvation. The aristocratic owner offers room, board, and enough money to solve half her financial troubles. But upon arrival, she discovers the position involves far more than academic documentation-the family's collection spans seven generations of aristocratic sexual artifacts, and her employer expects her to "authenticate" each item through personal use.

As she's systematically introduced to increasingly elaborate implements-from Georgian ivory pleasure devices to Victorian "moral correction" apparatus and Edwardian electrical stimulation equipment-she finds herself surrendering to experiences that transcend academic understanding. Each authentication pushes her boundaries further, transforming the reserved academic into a willing participant in scenarios ranging from intimate examinations to elaborately documented historical recreations.

What begins as professional opportunity evolves into personal awakening as she moves between cataloging history and embodying it. The mansion's secrets offer more than financial salvation; they promise a transformative journey through centuries of aristocratic sexual innovation. With each authentication, she discovers untold histories and unexpected truths about her own desires, leaving her to question whether six months will be enough to explore the collection's depths-and whether she'll ever want to return to the ordinary world waiting beyond the estate's gates.