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Violence
Some
Adventure; Napoleonic war veteran in peacetime; minor criminal threat
Language
None
Period language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Period propriety
Substance Use
Barely any
Period social drinking
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
A soldier finding purpose in peacetime; the quiet life as both comfort and puzzle
What this book is about
Captain Staple, bored after the wars, agrees to man a toll-gate while the keeper is missing. He finds a girl, a mystery, and eventually a romance with the most determined woman in the neighborhood. The Toll-Gate is an adventure-romance in Heyer's portfolio, with a breezy guardsman hero and more plot than her typical drawing-room comedies.
Notes for sensitive readers
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More adventure-forward than typical Heyer
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