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Win duels and hearts in the city of love—whether with swords or seductions! Will you fight for the Belle-de-Nuit's honor, for your own pride, or for love? You are the hands and eyes of the Belle-de-Nuit, a luxury brothel for wealthy patrons. As a swordswoman, you fight for the honor of the ladies of the night.
Belle-de-Nuit is a 115,000-word interactive romance novel by Rebecca Zahabi, author of Never Date Werewolves. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
The Belle-de-Nuit is yours to protect, and yours to love. Some of the women have been your best friends for years, and maybe you have a childhood sweetheart whom you'd like to steal away from her customers…There is also the shy bartender, with liquor-scented lips and a heavy secret. They have arrived in Paris without telling anyone where they came from, why they traveled this far, or why they always seem so nostalgic.
But Madame wants you to focus on securing the next big patron for the Belle-de-Nuit. Unfortunately, this patron has a duelist of his own, Sebastian—so frustratingly good at fencing, he threatens your reputation as the best fighter in Paris. You are burning to defeat him in a duel…but do you want to best him with the blade, or bed him?
Madame's house is filled with lovers, but does that mean you'll be able to find love?
*Play as female, gay, straight, or bi.
*Become part of the Parisian nightlife, where seduction and good wine, lies and kisses go hand in hand.
*Choose a sweetheart—or get involved with more than one—between a rival duelist, a lady of the night, and the shy bartender who pours your drinks.
*Climb rooftops, duel in narrow Parisian streets, outwit your foes, cross-dress to fool and seduce, throw a rose to your chosen one—all in a day's work!
*Win duels, role-play as a courtesan, outwit your foes—or fall for them!
*Uncover secrets which are only whispered at dusk, on rooftops, looking over the beautiful Parisian skyline.
*Protect the ladies of the night as they go about their evening, get involved with pouring drinks or playing card games with the clients—or more!
You'll fight for the honor of the Belle-de-Nuit brothel, be it with steel or soft lips.
You work for a luxury brothel. No, not as a courtesan, but a swordswoman, providing combat services for the Belle-de-Nuit. That said, you do get to work as a courtesan for the brothel at some points, but this is entirely optional and consensual, and the game is upfront about it when it happens.
Belle-de-Nuit is female-locked, although both male and female ROs are available in this HC title. I actually liked all the romanceable characters, and there are also some really sweet scenes of love and intimacy in the game. Interestingly, the game hands most of these scenes to you at the earlier chapters, while turning down the faucet for the middle and later portions. (Most romance games I've played usually do it the other way round, unless they're handing the heavy stuff to you every step of the way.)
Still, I think the plotting and writing are some of the negatives I see here. Your task is to secure a very wealthy patron for the Belle-de-Nuit. (Spoiler - click to show) I romanced the guy working for said patron, and enjoyed it. However, the game does not appear to have much of a plot even with this overarching goal. Most of the time, I felt like I was going through scenes which were interesting individually but didn't have much coherence as a larger whole. It was hard to get the sense that I was progressing well towards bringing this wealthy patron in. The writer also tended to ramble a bit in Never Date Werewolves, and I'm seeing the same problem in this title as well.
If you're just here for romances, I can recommend this game, quite strongly in fact. However, I feel the story just isn't as good.