Duplicity: Secrets of a Decadent Double-Life

This is the unique true-life story of Sophia Huston. Set in Sydney's upper echelons, Sophia offers love-for-sale to high society's elite businessmen. Born into eye-watering wealth, Sophia is intelligent, stunning, and a charming sophisticate. Life's perfect until her mother dies, and her father's business bankrupted. Sophia and her sister face tough decisions that risk everything. University educated, Sophia, speaks four languages and sets her sights on re-securing her once affluent lifestyle. At first, she begins a complicated affair with her father's business associate. Within a year, Sophia secretly plots to live two separate lives. One in a quiet Sydney suburb, working as an interior designer to camouflage her real occupation as a secret lover to several powerful and wealthy men. In a matter of years, she secures a luxurious penthouse and sets up business as a high-class mistress for several powerful men. Each lover believes he is the one and only, and each pays Sophia a monthly retainer to keep her on-call. Will Sophia's duplicitous arrangement survive prying questions? How smart does she have to be to survive blackmail and manage her wealthy clients? Will her accumulated wealth buy her happiness? Author's Note: Years ago, I worked as a magazine journalist and stumbled upon a story about an intelligent, wealthy high-class call-girl. It took many months of assurances and rearranging private interviews before I was able to meet her in the flesh. It was one of the most astounding interview sessions I ever encountered. This information forms the basis of this true-life story, DUPLICITY. For this reason, I have changed names, dates and some of the details to protect her identity. I also set this story in a different geographical location and minimised content that could result in exposing her. I believe the story provides some insight into the psychological makeup of people who choose this lifestyle. She is, of course, a rare exception and bears no resemblance to the majority of broken women, who ply their trade, on city streets and in brothels. This compelling book explores the reasons why this attractive, university educated, daughter from a well-established, wealthy family pursued this decadent direction.