In Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy saga, the Court of Night-Blooming Flowers, also known as the Night Court, refers to the thirteen Houses of Mont Nuit in the City of Elua, home to the Servants of Naamah, the most elite cadre of religious prostitutes in Terre d'Ange.
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