Charlotte Porter is in way over her head and way before her time. 2020 WATTYS WINNER in MYSTERY As the daughter of a poor merchant in Victorian Era London, Charlotte Porter has had few chances to realize her own inquisitive potential, and even fewer chances to employ it. That all changes when ruffians enter her family bookshop, intent on collecting her father's gambling debts at all costs, even if it means threatening Charlotte's life and burning their livelihood to the ground. Hopeless and desperate for intervention, Charlotte meets Alexander Langley, a curious gentleman with a strange connection to Scotland Yard and an even stranger connection to the American West. Charlotte soon finds herself swept into Alexander's world of investigation and political intrigue set against the backdrop of the London elite. As she learns that those even at the top are not without their own faults, she struggles to remember her place. When a case of art theft turns into murder and the seedy underbelly of the upper class begins to reveal itself, she finds her two lives merging in ways she never could have imagined. Now her father's powerful creditors are ready to close the books on them, and Charlotte must find a way to keep them out of the red, because this time it won't be written in ink. *Featured The Wattpad Stars For Fans of Bridgerton List and Wattpad's Strong Female Leads List Wattpad EDITOR'S PICK April 2021