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A Pocketful of Lies
Collected Stories
2023
First Published
4.45
Average Rating
430
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A light-fingered drifter encounters a landless earl… A music hall singer finds the man of her dreams in a thieves’ kitchen… A detective is plunged into a Christmas conspiracy… A rogue magician needs the help of a waste-paper seller… Chaos reigns in a dark and twisted alt-Victorian London... KJ Charles’ shorter stories are collected in print for the first time, in five tales of queer historical romance spiced with song, larceny, mayhem, magic, and defenestration (just the one, though). Includes the stories: A Thief in the Night The Rat-Catcher's Daughter Masters in this Hall A Queer Trade The Price of Meat

Avg Rating
4.45
Number of Ratings
67
5 STARS
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Author

K.J. Charles
K.J. Charles
Author · 63 books

KJ is a writer of romance, mostly m/m, historical or fantasy or both. She blogs about writing and editing at http://kjcharleswriter.com. She lives in London, UK, with her husband, two kids, and a cat of absolute night. Twitter https://twitter.com/kj\_charles Join the lively Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/13876... Sign up to the (infrequent) newsletter at http://kjcharleswriter.com/newsletter Please **do not** message me on Goodreads as I no longer check the inbox due to unwanted messages.

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