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Is their real-life love story doomed to be a tragedy, or can they rewrite the ending?London, 1883Finely dressed and finely drunk, Charlie Price is a man dedicated to his vices. Chief among them is his explicit novel collection, though his impending marriage to a woman he can't love will force his carefully curated collection into hiding.Before it does, Charlie is determined to have one last hurrah: meeting his favorite author in person.Miles Montague is more gifted as a smut writer than a shopkeep and uses his royalties to keep his flagging bookstore afloat. So when a cheerful dandy appears out of the mist with Miles's highly secret pen name on his pretty lips, Miles assumes the worst. But Charlie Price is no blackmailer; he's Miles's biggest fan.A scribbled signature on a worn book page sets off an affair as scorching as anything Miles has ever written.