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The Lady and the Highwayman

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Fletcher Walker has worked his way up from the lowest of the streets to a become a successful writer of Penny Dreadful serials… and in his spare time he’s an advocate and saviour for the poor street kids on London’s streets as the figurehead of the secret Dread Penny Society.

Miss Elizabeth banks come from impoverished gentry and is the the headmistress of a girls’ school, who writes “silver-fork” novels to help fund her school. Elizabeth yearns for adventure and in the we hours her days, she secretly writes Penny Dreadful serials under the pseudonym Mr. King as well. In fact, her serials have gotten so popular she starts to take the lead in the market.

Fletcher depends on his serials income to support the children and causes their society takes on. When the Society bands together to sniff out their completion and and he needs all the help he can get, even enlisting the help of the kind “silver-fork” author, Elizabeth to find their man.

I didn’t really know what I was getting when I stated this book, but I was in for a pleasant surprise! The story of the Penny Dreadful writers searching out the mysterious Mr. King was great fun and the romance between the authors was really sweet. The real bonus of this novel are the two Penny Dreadful serials were the real treat! I absolutely enjoyed them for themselves and for the way they added to the story as a whole.

This was a fun read, and I highly recommend this book!

The Lady and the Highwayman by Sarah M. Eden is due to release September 3rd, 2019.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Shadow Mountain Publishing through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

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 Original review posted: August 23, 2019.

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