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Saucy and Creepy – Who Can Ask for More?

The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar

August 22, 2022 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

cbr square – Scandal In 1785, Jonah Hancock, an unremarkable middle aged widower, receives strange news from his partner and captain of his trading vessel.  Instead of returning to London with a full ship of spices from the Far East, his partner has traded the whole shipment, ship and all, for a mermaid.  At least that is what he claims it to be.  It is nothing like those in the fables, however, being a fierce deformed little monster, and quite deceased.  But it ends up […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: 18th century Britain, cbr14bingo, heroine not to be discounted, Imogen Hermes Gowar, magical realism, scandelous behavior, shenanigans among the wealthy

elderberrywine's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: 18th century Britain, cbr14bingo, heroine not to be discounted, Imogen Hermes Gowar, magical realism, scandelous behavior, shenanigans among the wealthy ·
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