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* British spy Literature/{{Quiller}} has been known to do this from time to time when he needs a place to hide out. In ''The Peking Target'', while in South Korea the hooker he's with is an American who provides this service on a regular basis for lonely US officers fresh out of West Point who just want to hear someone who speaks English.

* In ''Discworld/GuardsGuards'', Carrot is staying at a brothel. He has no idea of his home's true nature. He also misses the point when he tells this to someone else, and they are impressed that he can afford it, and by his stamina. They don't charge him rent in exchange for his services as bouncer, which he also doesn't quite grasp. The offer included access to the place's usual services too, and it seems like the owners never quite figured out that he wasn't just being a gentleman in not taking advantage.

->''She found me outside one Sunday morning''
->''Begging money from a man I didn't know.''
->''She took me in and wiped away my childhood,''
->''A woman of the streets, this Lady Rose.''

* Trevor, the older son of middle sister Georgie, runs away from home. When he resurfaces and takes refuge at second-oldest sister Teddy's house, he tells him that he hitchhiked to Florida, where a prostitute took him under her wing and took care of him.

* ''The Fraternity of the Stone'' by David Morrell.

-->--Music/TheStatlerBrothers, ''[[TropeNamer Bed of Rose's]]''

* It's mentioned in one of the ''Literature/AubreyMaturin'' books that Stephen Maturin stayed in one of the brothels in Jakarta, where the ship is docked on a diplomatic mission, because it was simply the cheapest place to stay, not to mention convenient for carrying out [[TheSpymaster his trade]]. The girl he shares the bed with is only initially surprised that he's not interested in sex. The crew of the ship, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny naturally]], don't know about his job as Britain's premier spy and come to the obvious conclusion about his, er, stamina and prowess.

* In Creator/MercedesLackey's ''[[Literature/BardicVoices The Lark and the Wren]]'', the heroine is housed in a brothel; she plays music for the customers, and it is made clear that no more is expected--or wanted--from her.

* The TropeNamer is a song by Music/TheStatlerBrothers; a young man is taken in by the titular Lady Rose, and it's made clear that he has indeed slept with her for the first time.

* The TropeNamer is a song by Music/TheStatlerBrothers; a young man is taken in by the titular Lady Rose, and it's made clear that he has indeed slept with her [[AManIsNotAVirgin for the first time]].

* It's mentioned in one of the AubreyMaturin books that Stephen Maturin stayed in one of the brothels in Jakarta, where the ship is docked on a diplomatic mission, because it was simply the cheapest place to stay, not to mention convenient for carrying out [[TheSpymaster his trade]]. The girl he shares the bed with is only initially surprised that he's not interested in sex. The crew of the ship, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny naturally]], don't know about his job as Britain's premier spy and come to the obvious conclusion about his, er, stamina and prowess.

* In ''FirstRidersCall'' by Kristen Britain, Karigan G'ladheon stays the night at a brothel. Unfortunately for her, she happens to be staying in the same room as Trudy, a prostitute who only caters to lesbians. The morning after, Trudy won't stop implying to Karigan's friends that they, ahem, had relations.

* In the novel, ''The Thief and the Dogs,'' by Naguib Mahfouz, Said runs from law enforcement after attempting to murder his old friend, Ilish Sidra. He hides for the next several days with his old friend, [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Nur, who just so happens to be a prostitute.]] "Intimate" relations between the two are implied.

* ''SinCity'' has wrongly-accused PI Dwight [=McCarthy=] on the run from the law and badly injured after being betrayed by the title character of the story ''A Dame To Kill For''. The girls of [[RedLightDistrict Old Town]] patch him up and allow him to stay for a while. He ends up using them to get his revenge on the people who set him up.

* The TropeNamer is a song by TheStatlerBrothers; a young man is taken in by the titular Lady Rose, and it's made clear that he has indeed slept with her [[AManIsNotAVirgin for the first time]].

* Kawakami Gensai (the real life inspiration for ''RurouniKenshin'') once hid out in a brothel after an assassination, and was said to look so feminine that he was able to pass for one of the girls.

* The ladies of Whitechapel would sometimes share rooms, and in the days leading up to her murder, JackTheRipper victim Mary Kelly shared her room with between one and two women, Julia and possibly also Maria Harvey.

* There are rumours that BenitoMussolini himself during his turbulent youth (when he was a regular client of prostitutes both in Italy and abroad) lived for some time in a brothel. For free. [[TheCasanova Given his reputation throughout his adult life]], he might have had reasons.

* In ''Discworld/GuardsGuards'', Carrot is staying at a brothel. He has no idea of his home's true nature. He also misses the point when he tells this to someone else, and they are impressed that he can afford it, and by his stamina.

* ''TradingPlaces'' has Louis Winthorpe III taken in by Ophelia, a streetwise hooker.
* ''LeavingLasVegas'' has Nicholas Cage's character taken in by Elizabeth Shue's character, another streetwise hooker.
* ''HoboWithAShotgun'' the title character is taken in by a prostitute whom he rescued from the villain's son.

* ''TheMachinist''

* In ''AssassinsCreedII'' Ezio, Maria and Claudia seek refuge in a brothel while the Auditore men are being rounded up and arrested. They remain there until they can leave the city.

* ''LeavingLasVegas'' has Nicholas Cage's character taken in by Elizabeth Shue's, another streetwise hooker.

* ''OliverTwist'': Nancy, a prostitute, takes the novel's title character – a young street urchin – under her wing. Unlike most other examples on this page, there are no sexual relations between the two; Nancy's motives are pure in that she vows to reform Oliver into a respectable young man.

* In ''AssassinsCreedII'' Ezio, Maria and Claudia seek refuge in a brothel while the Auditore men are [[spoilers: being arrested for treason]]. They remain there until they can leave the city.