Has Elie’s doom been sealed…or is there still time to change his fate.Īarya: Always here for regencies featuring working class main characters. To cap it all off, Augustus’s fiancée arrives in town, senses that Elie has a secret, and promptly accuses him of embezzling.

If Elie didn’t know better, he’d think Augustus didn’t want to get married. Augustus isn’t helping by renting a room down the hall, shaving shirtless with his door open, and inviting Elie to the public baths. But he’s interrupted by one thing after another: other clients, the high holidays, his family’s relentless efforts to marry him off.

When Augustus comes home, determined to marry by the end of his brief leave, Elie does his best to set his broken heart aside and make it happen. And now that his prize money is coming in after years of delay, he can afford to marry her…once Elie submits the final prize paperwork. He’s also engaged to his childhood sweetheart. The Royal Navy sailing master is kind, handsome, and breathtakingly competent. Too bad he already is-with his favorite client, Augustus Brine. Self-effacing, overworked bookkeeper Elie Benezet doesn’t have time to be in love.

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