The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles

Gareth’s a new baronet and doesn’t look kindly on the smuggling trade in the area of which Joss is the leader. The pair had met under more clandestine circumstances using aliases when in London. The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen introduces prickly Sir Gareth Inglis and laconic and mysterious Joss Doomsday when they have an explosive shocking reunion in a magistrate’s courtroom no less. No surprise I devoured it in two sittings. 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.Īfter the high praise I felt for the 1920’s era Will Darling Adventures trilogy, I couldn’t keep my anticipation under wraps when I spotted another KJ Charles series set in Regency Napoleonic era rural Kent with another pair of unlikely opposites from different classes. But the bleak, bare Marsh holds deadly secrets. Soon, all Joss and Gareth want is the chance to be together.

Their reunion is anything but happy, yet after the dust settles, neither can stay away. When the new baronet-his old lover-agrees to testify against Joss's sister, Joss acts fast to stop him. Joss Doomsday has run the Doomsday smuggling clan since he was a boy. The Marsh is another world, a strange, empty place notorious for its ruthless gangs of smugglers. 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. When he meets a charming stranger, he falls head over heels-until everything goes wrong and he's left alone again. Published by Sourcebooks Casablanca on March 7, 2023Īmazon, Audible, Audiobook, Barnes & Noble, AppleĪbandoned by his father, Gareth Inglis grew up lonely, prickly, and well-used to disappointment. The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles