Velvet Room

The Velvet Room is a high-priced escort service and brothel, owned by Bianca St. Claire,  It first appears in Storm Front.

The business is run out of an old mansion at an expensive lakefront location, with an iron-fenced gate and security guards. According to rumor, Al Capone had it built for one of his mistresses.

There are several beautiful, charming, and witty women catering to the richest men in the area for hundreds of dollars an hour.

Details
Jennifer Stanton  and Linda Randall were employees of the Velvet Room, going out on assignments together. The Velvet Room burns down in Grave Peril.

Storm Front
In Storm Front, Karrin Murphy calls in Harry Dresden on the murder case of Jennifer Stanton. She was found with Tommy Tomm, both of their hearts were exploded out of their chests. Dresden talks with Bianca St. Claire and she attacks him causing him to defend himself with a hanky filled with sunshine which melts away her flesh mask revealing the underneath. Bianca kills Rachel and blames him for that until her demise.

Grave Peril
In Grave Peril, Harry Dresden and Michael Carpenter attend Bianca's Ball at the Velved Room.

A number of important events happen:
 * the meeting between Dresden and Thomas Raith and Justine
 * the introduction of the dragon Ferrovax
 * a brief appearance of a cloaked figure later identified as Cowl
 * the acquisition of gift in a black box by the Leanansidhe
 * Dresden's acquisition of his own grave site and headstone
 * Mavra's attempt to unmake Amoracchius
 * the biting and transformation of Susan Rodriguez in a half-vampire
 * Dresden's destruction of most of the mansion
 * Bianca St. Claire and Duke Paolo Ortega's instigation of the War between the Red Court and the White Council
 * the destruction of the remainders of both the mansion and Bianca St. Claire by the ghosts of her victims led by Rachel's.

White Night
In White Night, it is acquired by John Marcone, who retools it into a gym and brothel, renaming it Executive Priority Health, and relocating it to the Madison Hotel, the site of Tommy Tomm's murder.