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The Merchant and the Rogue
The Merchant and the Rogue | Sarah M. Eden
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London, 1865 Vera Sorokina loves reading the Penny Dreadfuls and immersing herself in tales of adventure, mystery, and romance. Her own days are filled with the often mundane work of running the book and print shop she owns with her father. The shop offers her the freedom and income to employ and protect the poverty-stricken Londoners she's come to care about, and it gives her father something to do other than long for their hometown of St. Petersburg. She is grateful for the stability in their lives, but she often feels lonely. Brogan Donnelly was born and raised in Ireland, but has lived in London for several years, where he's built a career as a Penny Dreadful writer. He has dedicated himself to the plight of the poor with the help of his sister. His membership in the secretive Dread Penny Society allows him to feel he isn't entirely wasting his life, yet he feels dissatisfied. With no one to share his life with but his sister, he fears London will never truly feel like home. Brogan and Vera's paths cross, and the attraction is both immediate and ill-advised. Vera knows from past experience that writers are never to be trusted, and Brogan has reason to suspect not everything at her print shop is aboveboard. When the growing criminal enterprise run by the elusive and violent Mastiff begins targeting their area of London, Brogan and Vera must work together to protect the community they've both grown to love. But that means they'll need to learn to trust each other with dangerous secrets that have followed both of them from their home countries.
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JenlovesJT47
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Not much else to say about this series that I haven‘t already said, but book 3 is a solid entrance in the series and I‘m looking forward to book 4. 4⭐️

#audiobook
#historicalfiction
#cozymystery

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SproutingTheSeed
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Bought and downloaded this book and I am sooooo excited! I am loving this new series from Sarah M. Eden.

Have you read it yet?

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Ash.on.the.line
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#netgalley #arc continuation from book 1&2 about the Dread Penny society. A group who writes them & solves crime on the side. I love these because we get the main story with the overarcing mystery & 2 other mini mysteries written by members. We have Brogan who investigates Veras father by working at their shop. Light on the romance but lots of intrigue with a satisfying ending but I expect another installment after this for the whole storyline.

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Ash.on.the.line
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Love when the little ones play while I read. Though I‘ve had to go fetch the ball out of the road about 20 times! 😅

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sebrittainclark
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4/5

I love this series. This novel focuses on Brogan as he takes on a secret assignment outside the Dread Penny Society to look into the strange behavior of the Russian ambassador, which leads him to take a job at a print shop owned by Mr. Sorokin and his daughter Vera. Like all the entries in the series, there are penny dreadful stories interspersed. I love how the stories mirror elements of the main plot.

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sebrittainclark
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1. The Merchant and the Rogue by Sarah M. Eden and A Chorus Rises by Bethany C. Morrow.

2. Reading by the pool

3. Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

BookishMarginalia The aunties rock! 3y
rachelsbrittain Yes Dial A for Aunties!! 3y
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sebrittainclark
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This might change a little depending on if I can finish A Chorus Rises, We Have Always Been Here, and Wendy, Darling in the next 2 days, but I think this is close to what my July bookspin will look like.

#bookspin #doublebookspin #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 3y
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