The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting

The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting (2021) KJ Charles (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune #1)

Set in London in the Regency(?) Era

The siblings had agreed that Alice needed a little town-bronze, which was to say a little knowledge of humanity’s infinite capacity to disappoint, before it became common talk that the plain girl came with a very attractive dowry.

“You don’t like him.” Hart spoke with the certainty of a lifetime’s friendship.

Giles gave him a look. “You’re too severe, Hart. I don’t dislike him. I just… Well, if you will have it, there’s something a little…I don’t know. ‘Calculating’ is too harsh. As if he’s watching the room rather than being in it.”

“Wins fifty or sixty pounds a night.”

“That’s not huge.” It was vast amounts by normal standards, of course, entire sections of the annual accounts to John Hartlebury the prudent brewer, but mere tokens to a gaming baronet.

“You will be good to her, won’t you, Rob?”

“Of course I will.”

“I like her. She’s clever.”

“I’ve noticed.”

“And she’s kind. She deserves a good husband.”

“Then why do you want to saddle her with me?” That came out of his mouth unplanned.

Characters: Sir John Hartlebury, Mr. Robin Loxleigh, Miss Marianne Loxleigh, Mrs. Edwina Blaine, Miss Alice Fenwick, Giles Verney, James Alphonso, Dr. Trelawney, Miss Florence Jocelyn, Lord Tachbrook, Lady Evangeline Wintour, Spenlow, Miss Jennifer Verney, Mowbray, Bill Richmond

Cover design by Kanaxa

Rating: 7.5/10

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