If It Please the Court
Seduce and surveil as a sexy royal spy! Gather intel, or gamble on love in 18th-century Versailles. Who will catch your eye: a spymistress, a poet, or a traitor to the king?<br><br><i>If It Please the Court</i> is a 242,000 word interactive lesbian romance novel by D.E. Chaudron, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.<br><br>You've been recruited from the slums of Paris into the Secret du Roi, Louis XV's league of covert emissaries and spies. As a spy for the court, you now have the power to change your life–and tip an unstable country toward transformation.<br><br>It's one thing to lie for a living, but your love life demands honesty. And women all over Versailles are ready to lure your heart. Will it be the spymistress with a lifetime of secrets, the poet languishing in the shadow of the queen, or the double agent haunting your every move? No matter who you pursue, you'll have to survive a rival's hostile ambitions, and see that the Crown doesn't crush yours.<br><br>Love and loyalty is all that will be left when this house of cards falls. Who will you protect to ensure a better future, and who will you sacrifice? When your mask falls away, will anyone trust the person underneath?<br><br><ul class="bb_ul"><li> Play as female or nonbinary, as cis or trans.<br></li><li> Experience sapphic romance in the 1700s: play as lesbian, bi, and/or asexual.<br></li><li> Generalize or specialize: hone your senses, master disguise, pen the finest letters, wield a duelist's blade, and woo with a silver tongue.<br></li><li> Empower the crown, subvert the king, or betray France to its enemies.<br></li><li> Reunite your family, expose your father's past, or sever all ties.<br></li><li> Take a slow burn path for romance or cut to the chase with seduction.<br></li><li> Stir a revolution among the citizenry, or fall in with the nobles.</li></ul>
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