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Summary

A new constable teams with a street-wise scamp to solve crimes and clean up the streets of London. 

Stats

Genre: Adult historical romance (Victorian England)

Series length: Currently one (but with more planned)

Violence: Moderate, including fist-fights, murders, and kidnappings, but nothing described overally graphically.

Magic/Supernatural: None 

Romance: Moderate, mainly kept to hero and heroine's attraction for each other, a few verbal innuendos,  and a few kisses.

Christian/spiritual element: Moderate, overt, exploring such themes such as self-reliance vs. dependence on God. 

Recommendation: Readers who enjoy historical romance and mystery/romantic suspense.  

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​Miss Scarlet and the Duke.

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Opening Lines: 

For want of a properly working pocket watch, Jackson Forge failed to save the world today--or at least the City of London. Now he'd be lucky to save himself.  

The Thief of Blackfriars Lane 
by Michelle Griep

There’s Often a Fine Line Between a Criminal and a Saint
 
Constable Jackson Forge intends to make the world safer, or at least the streets of Victorian London. But that’s Kit Turner’s domain, a swindler who runs a crew that acquires money the old-fashioned way—conning the rich to give to the poor.

​When a local cab driver goes missing, Jackson is tasked with finding the man, and the only way to do that is by enlisting Kit’s help. If Jackson doesn’t find the cabby, he’ll be fired. If Kit doesn’t help Jackson, he’ll arrest her for thievery. Yet neither of them realize those are the least of their problems.

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Opening Lines: 

September afternoons were meant for soft whispers and stolen kisses, not ash and soot and the gangrenous eye of a ruthless taskmaster. Yet he here was. Somehow cajoled into hours of sweat and toil by the blue-eyed beguiler next to him. 

The Bride of Blackfriars Lane 
by Michelle Griep
Coming September 2022

The Continuing Adventure of Jackson and Kit!
 
Detective Jackson Forge can hardly wait to marry the street-sly swindler who’s turned his life upside down. Kit Turner is equally excited to wed the handsome detective, and what better way to show her love than providing him with a gift any man of the law would love? She determines to bring to justice the men who years ago maimed his brother—despite Jackson’s warning to leave the past in the past. As she digs into the mystery of what happened, she unwittingly tumbles into her own history and endangers her future happiness with Jackson.