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libraryleopard · 10 months

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Dual POV adult historical romance set in 1810s England

When a Gareth, London clerk, unexpectedly inherits his estranged father's baronetcy in Kent, he moves to the Romney marshes and realizes that Joss, the man who runs the local smuggling clan, is the same one who he had several clandestine assignations with–before they abruptly things ended on bad terms

The two end tangled in conflicts between rival smuggling clans and the local authorities even as they find themselves drawn back to each other

Very grounded in historical politics, setting, and language

Gay main character; biracial Black/white, gay main character; M/M romance

#this was so good!!#pie read this and was like 'you HAVE to read this' and lo and behold i also loved it #the two main characters get drawn into some SERIOUS conflict early on #and i was like geez how the hell are they going to resolve this…#but i think kj charles did a convincing job #like there's a fantastic balance of the two main characters learning to open up to each other and trust #and also just good old-fashioned smuggling and buried treasure #fantastic marsh setting…lots of beetles…excellent #rather gothic actually #also loved that kj charles had clearly been hitting up the OED…yeah woo include that historical slang let's gooo #the secret lives of country gentlemen #kj charles #the doomsday books #lulu reads the secret lives of country gentlemen #lulu reads the doomsday books #2023 reads #books #lulu speaks #lulu reads

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