title: Legal Tender: True Tales of a Brothel Madam
author: Laraine Russo Harper
description: Laraine Harper left a positive mark on the Nevada brothel industry. It takes a very special individual to oversee a covey of strong willed working girls and her sense of humor and ability to make the best and the most out of any situation is reflected in her writing. --Wayne Bridge,CEO, Sin City Chamber of Commerce
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  “Laraine Harper left a positive mark on the Nevada brothel industry. It takes
  a very special individual to oversee a covey of strong-willed working girls
  and her sense of humor and ability to make the best and the most out of any
  situation is reflected in her writing.”
  
  — Wayne Bridge
  
  CEO, Sin City Chamber of Commerce
  
  “Wow. Talk about Nevada ‘off the beaten path’. In Legal Tender, Laraine Russo
  Harper gives readers a tour of the state’s legal brothel industry. Find out
  who pays for what — and why — what’s on the ‘menu’ and that it’s really true;
  some men do pay just to talk.”
  
  — Heidi Knapp Rinella
  
  Author, Nevada Off the Beaten Path
  
  “My Red Hat Society chapter visited the brothel out of curiosity and ended up
  with an education, as Laraine and one of the ladies answered every question we
  asked — and even let us get our pictures taken in the S&M room. Legal Tender
  is equally enlightening.”
  
  — Olga Scheel
  
  Member, Red Hat Society
  
  “Legal brothels are l