Sarah M. Eden is a masterful storyteller and her latest work should not be missed! The Gentleman and the Thief is a standalone Proper Romance novel with two loveable main characters. Set during the Victorian era, the story involves action, danger, high stakes, and a budding romance. In addition to Hollis and Ana – our delightful hero and heroine – Eden includes alternating chapters of two penny dreadfuls. There is a LOT going on, but it totally works! Each storyline is entertaining, easy-to-understand, and readers will have a hard time deciding which story they liked best. Sarah M. Eden obviously does an incredible amount of research to make each character and setting come alive, including impressive dialects. The ghosts and other worldly elements make this book a perfect fall read.
This book was sent to Compass Book Ratings for review by Shadow Mountain
Content Analysis:
Profanity/Language: None
Violence/Gore: A few verbal threats and/or implied occurrences of violence including missing children; a secondhand report of violence involving a man believed to kill others; several brief incidents of violence including fistfights and fighting off an attacker.
Sex/Nudity: Several instances of kissing on the cheek, hand, top of head and lips; a few sexual references regarding brothels and ‘harlots’; a reported prostitution ring.
Mature Subject Matter:
Cheating, gambling and gambling addiction, gaming dens/’copper hell’, thievery, embezzlement, debt, children mistreated (sold, starved and beaten), relatives missing or disappeared.
Alcohol / Drug Use:
A character is suspected of being drunk; mention of a ‘rum customer’; drink is served in gaming dens.
