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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Barely any
Period-appropriate Victorian language
Sexual Content
A lot
Open-door sexual scenes — warm and moderately explicit
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking in Victorian settings
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
The class dynamics — Edwina's assumptions about what Mick is versus who he actually is — create intellectual and emotional tension throughout
What this book is about
Edwina Bollash is a linguistic scholar who accepts a bet: can she transform a rough-mannered man into a convincing gentleman in one month? Mick Tremore is the rat catcher in question — and he is far more than he seems. Judith Ivory's Victorian historical romance reverses the My Fair Lady dynamic and delivers something genuinely surprising: a hero who is the moral equal of the heroine.
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