The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen
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Average rating4.1
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Ratings8
Average rating4.1
Gothic scandal meets Bridgerton intrigue in this swashbuckling Regency romance from celebrated author KJ Charles. Abandoned by his father, Gareth Inglis grew up lonely, prickly, and well-used to disappointment. Still, he longs for a connection. When he meets a charming stranger, he falls head over heels—until everything goes wrong and he's left alone again. Then Gareth's father dies, turning the shabby London clerk into Sir Gareth, with a grand house on the remote Romney Marsh and a family he doesn't know. The Marsh is another world, a strange, empty place notorious for its ruthless gangs of smugglers. And one of them is dangerously familiar... Joss Doomsday has run the Doomsday smuggling clan since he was a boy. When the new baronet—his old lover—agrees to testify against Joss's sister, Joss acts fast to stop him. Their reunion is anything but happy, yet after the dust settles, neither can stay away. Soon, all Joss and Gareth want is the chance to be together. But the bleak, bare Marsh holds deadly secrets. And when Gareth finds himself threatened from every side, the gentleman and the smuggler must trust one another not just with their hearts, but with their lives. Readers Rave about KJ Charles: "KJ Charles is one of the best romance novelists writing today. Historical romance at its finest." —Sarah MacLean, New York Times bestselling author "Once again KJ Charles has produced an absolute masterpiece!" —Joanna Shupe, USA Today bestselling author "A romantic, swashbuckling tale from start to finish."—Manda Collins, Bestselling Author of A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem
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2 primary booksThe Doomsday Books is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2022 with contributions by K.J. Charles.
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This is probably my favorite book by this author thus far.
Just Joss being emotionally open from the jump and being patient (albeit generally exasperated) until Gareth gets there too.
Joss was very much a 'fuck all the noise' MC and I was very here for it.
'You can't just not do things because of the consequences.'
'Consequences are literally the reason not to do things. That's what they're for.'
Also a 10/10 job by the narrator on the audio. Joss' accent was very swoonworthy and I adored that he changed voices as they spoke to each other and not just alternating by chapter as is usually the case.
I will also say that I'd never have considered Gareth a moanable name but I have changed my mind after this.
And yes, I loved it IN SPITE OF all the side plot going on(which was a lot) and is something I usually hate in my romances.
But they were just so adorable that I was willing to indulge them their shenanigans.
