“It’s like running an X-rated day care.”
– Pahrump Valley Times
“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 legendary establishments in these parts. They would have to be to lure customers away from the Las Vegas Strip, with all its earthly delights. And who better to share a brothel’s colorful history than the madam who saw . . . and heard . . . everything.”
- Jack Sheehan
Author, Skin City: Uncovering the Las Vegas Sex Industry
“Totally captivating! I started the book on Friday night and couldn’t put it down until I finished it early Saturday morning. I felt like I had spent the night with the author telling me her story. I laughed; I cried; I learned. A real eye-opener!”
- Carole Buffington
Businesswoman (with a whole new perception)
“An up close and personal look at what REALLY happens in a legal brothel – and what most brothel owners never want the ‘outside world’ to know. From the fast money to the moments laughing with each other to the not-so-pretty times too, this is the real story. I have worked in the brothel industry for nine years. The brothel industry has lost a great madam but I gained a true friend in the writer/madam. Funny, who’d have thought I would find such a real friendship in a brothel, but this ol’ hooker smiles, even as I write it.”
- Famous Alicia
“Great reading! As a former madam myself, I can honestly say Legal Tender is very informative, true to life and totally entertaining. My madam years were the most interesting years I’ve ever had and enabled me to view life differently. Thank you, Laraine, for educating the ‘public sector.’”
- Alotta Fanz
Former Madam
“Legal Tender is the best way to see the inner workings of what most people don’t understand, and call a whorehouse. Reading it, you’ll experience the good side of a house, where some great ladies live, work and play – a brothel. I know. I’ve been there, done that, and got the T-shirt.”
- Mark Gassman
Customer
“Legal Tender is by far the most accurate and entertaining description of the brothel business today. As a brothel owner myself I was happy to see that someone has finally taken the time to enlighten the general public of what really takes place at a brothel. You will be genuinely surprised to learn what it takes to make this controversial industry successful and, at times, laugh out loud as some situations can only take place inside the world of legal prostitution. Legal Tender will take you on a journey into the depths of the world of legalized prostitution and what affects it has on people of all walks of life. In the “line-up” of brothel literature, Legal Tender tells it like it is with humor and truth.”
-Bobbie Davis, Owner
Shady Lady Ranch