{"id":24249,"date":"2025-02-10T17:52:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T22:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24249"},"modified":"2025-02-22T19:23:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T00:23:00","slug":"proper-english-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24249","title":{"rendered":"Proper English"},"content":{"rendered":"

Proper English<\/em><\/a> (2019) KJ Charles<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Proper<\/a>Shropshire, 1902<\/p>\n

The table was inevitably unbalanced, due to the odd number and informal make-up of the party, with two sets of brothers and sisters to be separated plus the married couple.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so sorry. That\u2019s wholly inadequate but I don\u2019t know if there\u2019s anything else one can say.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cNot really. Certainly not, \u2018At least you still have two left.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease don\u2019t tell me people say that to you.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cOf course they do,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWhat is it?\u201d Pat asked. \u201cWhat\u2019s happened?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think you ladies should go up,\u201d Jack said, and for once there was no hint of a smile on his face. \u201cThere\u2019s been an accident. A bad one.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIs that Pat down there?\u201d Bill\u2019s voice came from above. \u201cThank goodness. Pop up, will you?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Patricia Merton, Fenella Carruth, James Yoxall, Bill Merton, Lady Anna Haworth, Mr. Maurice Haworth, Jack Bouvier-Lynes, Preston Keynes, Victoria Singh, Earl of Witton, Countess of Witton, George <\/p>\n

Cover by Lennan Adams at Lexiconic Design<\/p>\n

Self-Published<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Proper English (2019) KJ Charles Shropshire, 1902 The table was inevitably unbalanced, due to the odd number and informal make-up of the party, with two sets of brothers and sisters to be separated plus the married couple. \u201cI\u2019m so sorry. That\u2019s wholly inadequate but I don\u2019t know if there\u2019s anything else one can say.\u201d \u201cNot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[191,30,292,33,8,148,41,26,56],"tags":[50,563,545,476],"class_list":["post-24249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-british","category-ebook","category-historical","category-mystery","category-queer","category-reread","category-romance","category-sexual-content","tag-boinking","tag-edwardian-era","tag-ff","tag-kj-charles"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-6j7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25847,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25847","url_meta":{"origin":24249,"position":0},"title":"Proper English","author":"Michelle","date":"February 15, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Proper English (2019) KJ Charles Set in Shropshire England in 1902 \"Er, are you thinking of moving to London?\u201d \u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d Pat assured him, and noted the tiny relaxation on his face. 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