Part of Below Stairs Mystery
First published 2024
Kat Holloway receives devastating news about Samuel Millburn, the husband of the woman caring for her daughter. The bank clerk faces embezzlement charges that could destroy his career and send him to prison. Kat knows Samuel is innocent. She begins investigating the accusations and discovers the bank operates far from legitimately. Dark financial schemes connect powerful aristocrats and government officials in a web of corruption that reaches toward the royal family itself. Kat enlists Daniel McAdam, her suitor and trusted ally, to help uncover the truth. Together they must decide whether exposing the financial crimes of London's elite is worth the personal risk. Kat faces an impossible choice between protecting herself and her friends or saving the man who has devoted himself to her daughter's welfare.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, mystery, adult, adult-fiction
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, emotional, intricate, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, forced-proximity, protective-hero, slow-burn-romance
Setting: London, England
Period: 19th-century
320 pages · Paperback · Berkley