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“Kim was starlight and privilege; Will had his feet firmly fixed in the mud. They didn’t belong together. Except they did.”

Subtle Blood by K.J. Charles

November 7, 2022 by Malin 5 Comments

CBR14 Bingo: Scandal (the book features corruption, blackmail, kidnapping, and murder – not to mention gay people in the 1920s. Gasp!) Spoiler warning! This is the third book in a trilogy. While you can absolutely read this book without the others, you will not get all the beautiful payoff from various earlier storylines that way. Also, this review will contain mild spoilers for earlier in the series. Start with Slippery Creatures. For the last few months, Lord Arthur “Kim” Secretan and Will Darling have actually […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: 1930s, cbr14, cbr14bingo, Class Differences, historical fiction, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, Malin, murder, mystery, Romance, scandal, spies, Subtle Blood, The Will Darling Adventures

Malin's CBR14 Review No:36 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: 1930s, cbr14, cbr14bingo, Class Differences, historical fiction, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, Malin, murder, mystery, Romance, scandal, spies, Subtle Blood, The Will Darling Adventures ·
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Two KJ Charles books I loved

Subtle Blood by KJ Charles

The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by KJ Charles

December 30, 2021 by Emmalita 1 Comment

When KJ Charles envisioned the Will Darling Adventures, she thought she was going to release them bing-bang-boom in quick succession, but then the pandemic happened, and Will and Kim stopped cooperating. While Will and Kim refused to get to their happily ever after, Robin Loxleigh and Sir John Hartlebury insisted on theirs. I loved The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting so much. I devoured the historical romances of the 1990s and 2000. In those books, Robin Loxleigh and his sister Marianne would have been the […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: KJ Charles, Subtle Blood, The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting, The Will Darling Adventures

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:120 · Genres: Romance · Tags: KJ Charles, Subtle Blood, The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting, The Will Darling Adventures ·
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Double Cannonballing with a good series-ender.

Subtle Blood (The Will Darling Adventures, #3) by K.J. Charles

July 10, 2021 by narfna 11 Comments

**30 Books in 30 Days** Book 23/30 To be honest, I think if (when) I read all three books in this series back to back in the future, I will bump up both books two and three from four to five stars. It has been top notch in all areas: romance, class examinations, mysteries, historical fiction set in the 1920s, books about friendship, books about secret agents and spies, suspense novels. Seriously, just in all the things this series sets out to do, it succeeds […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Romance, Suspense Tagged With: 1920s, crime, espionage, historical fiction, historical romance, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, m/m, mystery, narfna, Romance, Subtle Blood, The Will Darling Adventures

narfna's CBR13 Review No:104 · Genres: Mystery, Romance, Suspense · Tags: 1920s, crime, espionage, historical fiction, historical romance, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, m/m, mystery, narfna, Romance, Subtle Blood, The Will Darling Adventures ·
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