The Rat-Catcher's Daughter
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4.7 • 7 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Music-hall singer Miss Christiana is in serious debt, and serious trouble. She owes more than she can pay to a notorious criminal, and now he plans to make an example of her. There's no way out.
But Christiana has an admirer. Stan Kamarzyn has watched her sing for a year and he doesn't want to see her get hurt. Stan's nobody special--just a dodgy bloke from Bethnal Green--but he's got useful friends, the sort who can get a girl out of trouble, for a price. Christiana's not sure what it will cost her...
The two slowly reach an understanding. But Christiana is no criminal, and she can't risk getting mixed up with the law. What will happen when Stan's life as the fence for the notorious Lilywhite Boys brings trouble to his doorstep?
A trans f/m asexual romance novelette (17,000 words), set two years before Any Old Diamonds.
Content warnings: Story opens with misgendering/transphobia and threat of violence.
Customer Reviews
The Music Hall Singer and the Fence. An Unconventional Love.
Oh. My. Goodness. What a romp. The story was delicious and the characters were delicious with three out of four of the main characters, not totally law-abiding.
I loved Miss Christiania/Chris and Stan. They were just perfect together.
And as for Templeton and Jerry. Well, their brand of making things right would perhaps be frowned upon in the law courts, but their justice matches the wrongs that need to be put right.
KJ just blows me away with her knowledge of the times she writes about and the wit that she brings to her characters’ conversations is priceless - it is very, very much appreciated. Her books are a joy to read.
5 stars