I’ve loved everything I’ve read by KJ Charles, and there’s quite a few of her books still waiting in my virtual To Read pile. Historical Gay Romance published by KJC Books 10 Jul 18 What do you think of my choices? Agree? Disagree? Currently preparing to cross large bodies of water to hunt me down? Don’t do that.Stevie‘s review of Unfit to Print by KJ Charles ** Sukhdev Sandhu devotes a few chapters to this time in the highly-recommended London Calling: How Black and Asian Writers Imagined a City. * For further reading check out The Secret History of Holywell Street: Home to Victorian London’s Dirty Book Trade. Vik’s loneliness is palpable and his relief at finding Gil will squeeze even the most callous reader’s heart. Many of London’s Indian immigrants were vulnerable to exploitation during this time** and Vik’s privileged position leaves him feeling like he’s on a one-man mission to tackle this abuse. The angst in Unfit to Print comes in multiple forms, starting with Vik’s experience as a high-profile Indian lawyer with a big heart. Which is just as well because his old school mate Vikram Pandey has just discovered his whereabouts and is trying to rope Gil into a murder investigation. Relatively content with his career, Gil is refreshingly clear sighted and not given to self-pity. Gil became a publisher after he was forced to drop out of school and found himself homeless at the age of 16. Of course Charles has done her homework and of course the reader is given a tantalizing insight into Holywell’s history and is left avid to learn more.* Gil Lawless has a book shop on Holywell Street, a London road once notorious for the depth and diversity of the pornographic material on offer. As a smutty book lover, a one-time aspiring publisher, and a current professional editor, I’m practically legally obliged to love Unfit to Print. I’ve covered Charles’ talents for writing capers and crime, now it’s time for some angst. People keep turning up dead, his brother is making some rather odd demands and it all seemed to centre about a stuffed badger, dressed as Hermes. Unfortunately for Clem, he is being stalked through the thick London smog by a murderer known as the Fog Man. He likes tea and going to the theatre to watch the variety shows with his new taxidermist boyfriend. Who is Clem? Clem is the handsome, socially awkward, potentially autistic, incredibly sweet natured owner of a lodging house in Victorian London.Ĭlem just wants to have a quiet life. So there’s that but there’s also the fact that Charles’ Sins of the Cities series ( An Unseen Attraction is the first installment) has all of the above mentioned atmosphere, research, engaging characters, etc.

Unfit to Print by K.J. Charles