Infiltrate the orgiastic secret society beneath the modern-day Palace of Versailles! Will you expose their sex rituals or surrender to their pleasures? Silk and Secrets: Rites of Pleasure is an interactive erotic novel by A. Simon where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based, 100,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. When you begin your research into Versailles’ decadent royal history, you uncover secrets far more lustful than you ever imagined. A society called the "Court of Pleasures" secretly carries on the hedonistic rituals of Louis XVI’s court. Initiated into the society as the Duchess of Sighs, you must decide what you are willing to trade for access, influence, and truth. Will you investigate the society from within, gathering evidence to expose it, securing your place in history? Or will you embrace your new role, surrendering to the pleasures, power, and protection the society offers? And most importantly of all, will you manipulate others’ desire for your advantage, indulge in sexual pleasure for its own sake, or find true love amid the society’s erotic rituals? Marcus, the palace security guard who brought you into the society, has broad muscular shoulders, a sultry gaze, and a wickedly talented tongue. He’ll let you take control and go down on you in public–or, if you want, he’ll dominate and teach you a thousand new tricks. Your fellow scholar Jules has fantastic wealth and privilege–not to mention fantastic blue eyes and even better fashion. A connection with his family could be your ticket to power–and a night with him means acrobatic tricks and burning intensity. Or there’s the smooth-voiced man known only as the Duke of Dishabille, masked and elegant. He’s learned countless historical forms of debauchery during his tenure in the society: let him introduce you to his collection of toys. Or, find pleasure for a night or just a few minutes with any one of the society’s other members of any gender. But beware: all knowledge comes at a price. • Play as a woman; have relationships with men and liaisons with people of all genders • Choose a persona at your initiation–cunning courtesan, saucy barmaid, or innocent maiden–and act it out in sexual scenes • Slip into hidden chambers and uncover dark secrets that have been concealed for centuries • Play by the Court of Pleasures’s rules and become a society favorite, or defy their strictures for the sake of your own ambition Will you expose the truth, or abandon restraint and expose your hidden desires?
