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Greta Starling

## Summary

Greta was born Regret Godfrey. She has a twin-sibling, Pen Starling.

The twins were brought up by their mother Emmeline Godfrey in a religious cult before running away at 14 years old to join a travelling circus. There they took up work as acrobats and took the stage-name The Flying Starlings.

Greta features as a secondary character in *An Unsuitable Heir* in the Sins of the Cities series. She also features in *Any Old Diamonds* as Countess of Moreton.

## Appearance

Greta shares a resemblance with her sibling, they both have long dark hair and a slim but strong build.

## Birth year

Greta is 23 at the start of the story putting her birth year in 1850.

## Relationships

* Earl of Moreton, father
* Emmeline Godfrey, mother
* Pen Starling, twin sibling
* Clement Talleyfer, half-uncle
* Tim Taillefer, husband
The Caldwell Ghost

## General

This is a short story written as a stand-alone but later incorporated into a growing book series, The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal.

## Summary

When Robert Caldwell inherits a haunted house, he calls on ghost-hunter Simon Feximal to rid him of the supernatural menace. But the ghost is stronger than either man realizes -- strong, angry, and desperate for release. Trapped in a haunted house with a dangerously attractive ghost-hunter and a sexually frustrated spirit, can Robert survive the night intact...and will he want to?

## Main Characters

* Robert Caldwell
* Simon Feximal

## Reference

* The Caldwell Ghost on Goodreads
* About the book on K.J. Charles's webpage
Quex's

## Summary

Quex's is a public house and assignation house for men and women of a "certain persuasion" to meet and enjoy each other's company. It consists of a large common room for singing and drinking - mostly drinking. Upstairs are a series of private rooms that can be rented by the hour or for the night.

Quex's features in all books in the Society of Gentlemen series.

It is run by Jon Shakespeare and Will Quex.

## Real or fictional?

While Quex itself isn't a historical location, there certainly existed places like it. Sometimes referred to as molly houses, they offered sanctuary to men and women who didn't conform to conventions.
Butterflies

## General

The second short story in The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal. Once available as a separate but as of now only available in the collection.

This story takes place a fortnight after the events in The Caldwell Ghost.

## Summary

Journalist Robert Caldwell is still smarting from his first encounter with ghost-hunter Simon Feximal. Their night in a haunted house was thrilling, but the aftermath leaves Robert hurt, disappointed, and resolved not to see Simon again.

But just a few days later their paths cross once more, this time investigating a pair of mysterious deaths: two corpses shrouded in butterflies.

Now Robert wants the truth – on the deaths, on where the butterflies came from, and most of all, on the attraction that still burns between him and Simon.

## Main Characters

* Robert Caldwell
* Simon Feximal
The Doomsday Books

The series The Doomsday Books takes place in Romney Marsh, Kent in the early 1800s. The first book is set in 1810 and the second one takes place 13 years later.

## Main titles

* The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen
* A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel

## Characters

* Sir Gareth Inglis
* Joss Doomsday
* Rufus d'Aumesty
* Luke Doomsday

## References

* The series page at Goodreads
* The series page at KJ Charles' webpage
Will Quex

## Summary

William "Will" Quex is the owner and proprietor of the gentlemen's club Quex's where the Ricardians meet.

Quex is co-owned by Will Quex and Jon Shakespeare (and Richard Vane?)

In today's terms Will Quex is AFAB (born Susanna) and a trans man.

## Appearance

Often seen in the green livery of Lord Richard Vane's servants.

## Relationships

* Jon Shakespeare, partner and lover
* Zoe Shakespeare, sister-in-law (-ish), business partner
* David Cyprian, friend
ASIMO

Пожалуй, самым известным на сегодня роботом-гуманоидом является устройство компании Honda, проходящее под названием ASIMO. Около десяти лет понадобилось инженерам японской компании, чтобы в конечном итоге довести параметры прототипа до текущего предела в виде сочетания высокой скорости перемещения, необычайной

ловкости и продвинутого взаимодействия с людьми.

ASIMO способен приветливо встречать гостей рукопожатием и подносить напитки не хуже, чем это бы делал настоящий официант.
The Price of Meat

Cover of The Price of Meat

## General

A short story set in an alternate universe London in "Victorian" times.

## Summary

Johanna Oakley will do anything to save her beloved Arabella from the cruelty of Mr. Fogg’s madhouse—but ‘anything’ turns out to be more than she bargained for when she finds herself working for a man suspected of worse than murder.

As Johanna is plunged from the horror of Sawney Reynard’s barber shop into the foul, lawless labyrinth at the heart of London, will she--or anyone--get out alive?

## Reference

* The Price of Meat on Goodreads
* First published as part of the All in Fear anthology
Ricardians

The Ricardians are a group of wealthy well-bred eligible bachelors who happen to be queer.

It is not mentioned in the books how the group began, but the group began with the friendship Dominic Frey and Lord Richard Vane, who were lovers in their youth, and then expanded as they became aware of more queer gentlemen in England who might enjoy a society of their peers. For example, Lord Gabriel Ashleigh is accepted into the group after he began a sexual relationship with member Francis Webster.

They meet at the gambling hell Quex's and make use of the private rooms which Richard keeps for them and ensures their safety within. The group provides these men with safety from the homophobic laws of 18th Century England and allows them a sense of camaraderie.

## Members

* Lord Richard Vane
* Julius Norreys
* Dominic Frey
* Lord Gabriel Ashleigh
* Francis Webster
* Absalom Lockwood
* Harry Vane
Unfit to Print

Cover of Unfit to Print

## Summary

When crusading lawyer Vikram Pandey sets out in search of a missing youth, his investigations take him to Holywell Street, London’s most notorious address. He expects to find a disgraceful array of sordid bookshops. He doesn’t expect one of them to be run by the long-lost friend whose disappearance and presumed death he’s been mourning for thirteen years.

Gil Lawless became a Holywell Street bookseller for his own reasons, and he’s damned if he’s going to apologise or listen to moralising from anyone. Not even Vikram; not even if the once-beloved boy has grown into a man who makes his mouth water.

Now the upright lawyer and the illicit bookseller need to work together to track down the missing youth. And on the way, they may even learn if there’s more than just memory and old affection binding them together...

## Characters

* Vikram Pandey
* Gil Lawless

## Trivia

This book started out as the first book in the Sins of the Cities series but in a blogpost K.J. mentioned she ran into a roadblock after a several thousand words and had to abandon it all.

After she had started over and found a different way to tell her story she came back to the draft of this and found there was enough to tell a different story and it became this novella instead.
Texas House of Representatives

The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. There are no term limits, with the most senior member, Tom Craddick, serving since January 14, 1969.

## Sources

1. https://lrl.texas.gov/legeLeaders/members/membersearch.cfm
2. Wikipedia list of current members
Maisie Jones

## Summary

Maisie Jones is from Cardiff and has known Will for x years. She works at a milliner's on Lexington Street with a fancy French name.

She left Cardiff after te Tiger Bay riots in 1919 hoping for a better future in London.

## Appearance

Maisie is "round-faced and bright-eyed, with brown skin, black hair ruthlessly marcelled into waves, a quick mind, and a smile that lit rooms".

## Birth year

Most likely of age with Will, or slightly younger.

## Relationships

Best friends with Will Darling.

Her landlady is an "artistic, Bohemian type who allows male guests".
Max Isaacs

## Summary

Max Isaacs first appears in Spectred Isle in the Green Men series.

## Appearance

Max Isaacs is described by Saul in chapter two:

> "Isaacs had dark eyes, heavily hooded at the best of times, narrowing to slits in moments of annoyance."
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And in chapter nine:

> "That was directed at an approaching man: smallish, dark, bright-eyed, with the unmistakable look of the city-bred."
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At the point of Spectred Isle we can tell something has been done to **Isaacs** during the war but not exactly what. He has a room at the top floor of 166 Fetter Lane with reinforced lock and bolt to the outside. He appears to be able to change his body shape in a tentac-ly way.

## Relationships

* Hugh "Barney" Barnaby, friend
* Sam Caldwell, flat mate and keeper
* Randolph Glyde, associate
The Will Darling Adventures

A m/m romance trilogy in the spirit of Golden Age pulp fiction. It’s the 1920s and tensions are rising along with hemlines. Soldier-turned-bookseller Will Darling finds himself tangled up in spies and secret formulas, clubs and conspiracies, Bolsheviks, blackmail, and Bright Young Things. And dubious aristocrat Lord Arthur ‘Kim’ Secretan is right in the middle of it all:  enigmatic, unreliable, and utterly irresistible.

## Main Titles

* Slippery Creatures
* The Sugared Game
* Subtle Blood

## Main Characters

* Will Darling
* Kim Secretan

### Additional Characters

* Phoebe Stephens-Prince
* Maisie Jones

## References

* The series page on K.J. Charles's website
The Magpie Lord

## General

This is the first book in the series A Charm of Magpies

## Summary

Exiled to China for twenty years, Lucien Vaudrey never planned to return to England. But with the mysterious deaths of his father and brother, it seems the new Lord Crane has inherited an earldom. He’s also inherited his family’s enemies. He needs magical assistance, fast. He doesn't expect it to turn up angry.

Magician Stephen Day has good reason to hate Crane’s family. Unfortunately, it’s his job to deal with supernatural threats. Besides, the earl is unlike any aristocrat he’s ever met, with the tattoos, the attitude... and the way Crane seems determined to get him into bed. That’s definitely unusual.

Soon Stephen is falling hard for the worst possible man, at the worst possible time. But Crane’s dangerous appeal isn't the only thing rendering Stephen powerless. Evil pervades the house, a web of plots is closing round Crane, and if Stephen can’t find a way through it—they’re both going to die.
A Fashionable Indulgence

Book cover of A Fashionable Indulgence

## General

A Fashionable Indulgence is the first book in the series about the Society of Gentlemen.

## Summary

When he learns that he could be the heir to an unexpected fortune, Harry Vane rejects his past as a Radical fighting for government reform and sets about wooing his lovely cousin. But his heart is captured instead by the most beautiful, chic man he’s ever met: the dandy tasked with instructing him in the manners and style of the *ton*. Harry’s new station demands conformity—and yet the one thing he desires is a taste of the wrong pair of lips.

After witnessing firsthand the horrors of Waterloo, Julius Norreys sought refuge behind the luxurious facade of the upper crust. Now he concerns himself exclusively with the cut of his coat and the quality of his boots. And yet his protégé is so unblemished by cynicism that he inspires the first flare of genuine desire Julius has felt in years. He cannot protect Harry from the worst excesses of society. But together they can withstand the high price of passion.

## Main Characters

* Harry (Henry Alexander) Vane
* Mr Julius Norreys

### Additional Characters

* Lord Richard Vane
* David Cyprian
* Mr Dominic Frey
* Mr Silas Mason

## Real time events

* The Peterloo Massacre referenced in the book took place on August 16th 1819.

## References

* A Fashionable Indulgence on Goodreads
* A complete list of characters and places can be found at K.J. Charles's webpage.
* The series page at K.J. Charles's webpage
Julius Norreys

Cover of A Fashionable Indulgence

 Summary

Julius Norreys first appears as a main POV-character in A Fashionable Indulgence in the Society of Gentlemen series.

He also appears as a secondary character in A Seditious Affair and A Gentleman's Position.

## Appearance

In chapter two of A Fashionable Indulgence Harry Vane describes Julius Norreys:

> "Mr. Norreys was of medium height, perhaps an inch shorter than Harry and of slimmer build, and he was made of moonlight. His fair hair shone; his skin had a clear, refined pallor; even his eyes were pale, the light, clear blue of a winter sky in a fine-boned, well-bred face. His startlingly tight pantaloons were neither fawn nor biscuit but rather a very light gray, his nip-waisted coat of the palest watery blue, and his waistcoat a gleaming silver satin embroidered with delicate butterflies of white thread. The tassels on his ivory-headed cane were white and silver too, an exact match."
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He was a cavalry officer in the Napoleonic war.

He had a twin brother who died in the same wars.

## Birth year

1789, he is 29 at the start of the story.

## Relationships

* Harry Vane
* Lord Richard Vane
* Dominic Frey
Spectred Isle

## General

Spectred Isle is the first novel in the Green Men book series. The series is started but not finished.

## Summary

Archaeologist Saul Lazenby has been all but unemployable since his disgrace during the War. Now he scrapes a living working for a rich eccentric who believes in magic. Saul knows it’s a lot of nonsense...except that he begins to find himself in increasingly strange and frightening situations. And at every turn he runs into the sardonic, mysterious Randolph Glyde.

Randolph is the last of an ancient line of arcanists, commanding deep secrets and extraordinary powers as he struggles to fulfil his family duties in a war-torn world. He knows there's something odd going on with the haunted-looking man who keeps turning up in all the wrong places. The only question for Randolph is whether Saul is victim or villain.

Saul hasn’t trusted anyone in a long time. But as the supernatural threat grows, along with the desire between them, he’ll need to believe in evasive, enraging, devastatingly attractive Randolph. Because he may be the only man who can save Saul’s life—or his soul.
Claro Forestal

El **Claro Forestal** es un pequeño sendero con un lago y una cascada al este de **Pueblo Albor**. Es el lugar donde se encuentra el **Laboratorio de Poplar**.

## **Etimología**

El origen de **Claro Forestal** no tiene mucho misterio, ya que es literalmente un claro en una zona boscosa.

## **Lugares de interés**

El único lugar visitable en esta zona es el laboratorio.

### **Laboratorio de investigación de Poplar**

Aquí es donde casi todos los entrenadores principiantes de la región de **Lumiria** obtienen a su primer Pokémon, y eso te incluye tanto a ti como a **Álex** y a **Víctor/Pure,** los rivales.

## P**okémon Obtenibles**

No hay Pokémon salvajes que se encuentren en esta zona.

## **Objetos obtenibles**

Estos son los objetos que se pueden conseguir:

## **Entrenadores**

*Si recibiste a Usturala:*

* **Durante el combate:** Eh... ¿Y ahora qué debería hacer...?
* **Al perder**: ¡Esto se te da bien!
* **Tras perder**: Vaya... Esperaba hacerlo un poco mejor, pero qué se le va a hacer. Curaré a tu Equipo Pokémon.
 Movs: Arañazo, Malicioso

*Si recibiste a Honoyan:*

* **Durante el combate:** Eh... ¿Y ahora qué debería hacer...?
* **Al perder**: ¡Esto se te da bien!
* **Tras perder**: Vaya... Esperaba hacerlo un poco mejor, pero qué se le va a hacer. Curaré a tu Equipo Pokémon.
 Movs: Placaje, Malicioso

*Si recibiste a Eeleng:*

* **Durante el combate:** Eh... ¿Y ahora qué debería hacer...?
* **Al perder**: ¡Esto se te da bien!
* **Tras perder**: Vaya... Esperaba hacerlo un poco mejor, pero qué se le va a hacer. Curaré a tu Equipo Pokémon.
 Movs: Placaje, Gruñido

*Si recibiste a Usturala:*

Rival Álex
* **Durante el combate:** ¡Ja! ¡Esto será pan comido!
* **Al perder**: ¡Nada mal!
* **Tras perder**: Incluso teniendo más experiencia que tú, me has ganado.¡Tienes madera, <tu nombre>! Bueno, tengo cosas que hacer. Si tengo vuestro permiso, me voy.¡Hasta luego!
 Movs: Placaje, Gruñido

*Si recibiste a Honoyan:*

Rival Álex
* **Durante el combate:** ¡Ja! ¡Esto será pan comido!
* **Al perder**: ¡Nada mal!
* **Tras perder**: Incluso teniendo más experiencia que tú, me has ganado.¡Tienes madera, <tu nombre>! Bueno, tengo cosas que hacer. Si tengo vuestro permiso, me voy.¡Hasta luego!
 Movs: Arañazo, Malicioso

*Si recibiste a Eeleng:*

Rival Álex
* **Durante el combate:** ¡Ja! ¡Esto será pan comido!
* **Al perder**: ¡Nada mal!
* **Tras perder**: Incluso teniendo más experiencia que tú, me has ganado.¡Tienes madera, <tu nombre>! Bueno, tengo cosas que hacer. Si tengo vuestro permiso, me voy.¡Hasta luego!
 Movs: Placaje, Malicioso

## **Otros datos**

Esta es la música que se reproducirá mientras te encuentres en el interior del **Laboratorio de Poplar**:
Texas Legislature Wiki

## Welcome to this Wiki

Welcome to this Wiki. We’re a collaborative community website about your topic that anyone, including you, can edit.

## Description of this Wiki

If you want to find anything about the politics of Texas you're in the right place. You will find mainly info about the Texas Legislature.

## Important Articles

Governor of TexasLieutenant Governor of TexasTexas House of RepresentativesTexas SenatePlaceholderand more...
Marquess of Cirencester

## Summary

The Marquess of Cirencester (Philip to his wife and brother) is the older brother of Lord Richard Vane. He is married to Eustacia - the Marchioness of Cirencester.

## Pronunciation

Cirencester is pronounced SIGH-ren-sester.

## Relationships

* Lord Richard Vane, younger brother
* Mr Harry Vane, first cousin twice removed
* Lord Gideon, uncle
* Dickie, Lord Richard, son (not his heir)
Napoleon Charlton

**Napoleon Bonaparte Charlton** (May 13, 1815 - June 17, 1896) was a member of the Texas House of Representatives and Texas Senate from 1846-1866.

## Life

Charlton was born on May 13, 1815. Sometime before 1845, he married Sarah Louise Foster. Together, they had 4 children. At around that time he also had a child with one of his slaves.

He died on June 17, 1896 at the age of 81.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find A Grave
2. ↑ Wikipedia
3. ↑ Find A Grave (Charles N. Charlton)
Clement Talleyfer

## Summary

Clement, goes by Clem, is one of the MCs of An Unseen Attraction in the Sins of the Cities series.

He is the illegitimate son of the 4th Earl of Moreton and an Indian servant girl. His mother, Parveen, came to England as ayah in the family of the Earl's of Moreton brother, Timothy Taillefer.

## Appearance

Clem "takes after his mother". Rowley Green describes him in An Unseen Attraction:

> ".. but the location next to the shop he'd rented had been so convenient and the lodging keeper so appealing, with his lush black hair, thick dark brows like a pair of fox moth caterpillars, and those eyes. Good Lord, those eyes, so impossibly, richly brown."
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## Birth year

In reference to his half-brother's marriage in 1850 Clem says:

> "I don't remember anything like this. I was what, five?"
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This means Clement was born in about 1845.

## Relationships

* Rowley Green
* Edmund Taillefer, the 5th Earl of Moreton, half-brother
* Hugo Taillefer, the 4th Earl of Moreton, father
* Tim Taillefer, first cousin, once removed.
Archie Curtis

## Summary

Retired Captain Archie Curtis is sent on a secret mission by his uncle Sir Henry Curtis to Peakholme, country home of Sir Hubert Armstrong who is up to Shady BusinessTM.

## Appearance

Archie Curtis is in his early thirties. Since he is the POV-character the only descriptions of him are his own comparisons to the other house guests. He appears to be a tall, broad fellow, former boxer.

He has lost three fingers on his right hand in an accident with a faulty gun at Jacobsdal during the Second Anglo-Boer War a few years before the events in Think of England.

## Birth Year

The story is set in 1904 and being in his early thirties (estimated) that puts his birth year in the early 1870s.

## Relationships

* Daniel da Silva
* Sir Henry Curtis, uncle (Sir Henry Curtis is a creation of H. Rider Haggard in his classic 1885 pulp novel *King Solomon's Mines*
Harry Vane

Cover of A Fashionable Indulgence

 Summary

Henry Vane aka Harry Gordon first appears a a main POV-character in A Fashionable Indulgence in the Society of Gentlemen series.

He is also a secondary character in A Seditious Affair and A Gentleman's Position.

## Birth year

The prologue takes place in 1808 and Harry is mentioned to be 12 years old which places his birth in 1795 or 1796.

## Relationships

* Julius Norreys
* Lord Richard Vane, first cousin twice removed
Peakholme

## Summary

Peakholme is the country home of Sir Hubert and Lady Armstrong in Think of England. It is fictionally located near Newcastle, quite a ride from the train station.

The house is described in Chapter One:

> "Sir Hubert [..] had had Peakholme built to his own specifications some fifteen years ago. It had been an extraordinarily modern creation at that time, equipped with the very latest innovations, with running water in all the bathrooms, heated by hot-water radiators and illuminated throughout by electricity from his own hydroelectric generator."
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## Real or Fictional?

Peakholme is based on the estate Cragside in Northumberland, England.
The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting

Cover by Kanaxa

Note! This book has not yet been released. It can be pre-ordered here:  http://books2read.com/u/bQdpXv

## General

A stand-alone novel set during the Regency from about fortune hunters Robin and Marianne.

## Summary

Robin Loxleigh and his sister Marianne are the hit of the Season, so attractive and delightful that nobody looks behind their pretty faces.

Until Robin sets his sights on Sir John Hartlebury’s heiress niece. The notoriously graceless baronet isn’t impressed by good looks, or fooled by false charm. He’s sure Robin is a liar—a fortune hunter, a card sharp, and a heartless, greedy fraud—and he’ll protect his niece, whatever it takes.

Then, just when Hart thinks he has Robin at his mercy, things take a sharp left turn. And as the grumpy baronet and the glib fortune hunter start to understand each other, they also find themselves starting to care—more than either of them thought possible.

But Robin's cheated and lied and let people down for money. Can a professional rogue earn an honest happy ever after?

## Characters

* Robin Loxleigh
* Sir John Hartlebury
* Marianne Loxleigh
Hidratación

**Hidratación** es un movimiento de tipo agua introducido en **Pokémon Puro**.

## Efecto

### En combate

Hidratación hace que el usuario recupere la mitad de sus PS totales. El movimiento no puede utilizarse si el usuario está bajo los efectos de anticura.

## Aprendizaje

Estos son los Pokémon que, en las diferentes generaciones y mediante distintos métodos, pueden aprender hidratación:

### Por nivel

Estos son los Pokémon que pueden aprender hidratación de manera natural, es decir, subiendo de nivel:

Pokédex
 008
 009

### Por movimiento de huevo

Estos son los Pokémon que pueden aprender hidratación como movimiento de huevo.
Patricia Merton

## Summary

Patricia Merton first appears in Think of England.

## Appearance

Archie describes Patricia Merton in Think of England:

> "Miss Merton, who seemed to be her companion, was a couple of years older with a plainer style and a watchful look, but she murmured the right courtesies."
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## Birth year

Being "a couple of years older" than Fenella Carruth places her birth year sometime in the late 1870s or very early 1880s.

## Relationships

* Fenella Carruth
* Archie Curtis
* Daniel da Silva

## Other Books

KJ has announced that she is writing a prequel to Think of England featuring Fenella Carruth and **Patricia Merton** as the main protagonists.

First draft finished on Feb 6th 2019.

After a thread discussion in the FB Chat KJ announced a poll for the title of this book on Feb 7th 2019 where it was decided it would be called Proper English.

From the FB Chat on March 9th 2019: ".. revisions are really coming together, and I am def self publishing, so expect a late April/early May Edwardian-lesbian-fest. Woop!"
A Seditious Affair

Book cover of A Seditious Affair

## General

A Seditious Affair is the second main title in the series Society of Gentlemen.

## Summary

Silas Mason has no illusions about himself. He’s not lovable, or even likable. He’s an overbearing idealist, a Radical bookseller and pamphleteer who lives for revolution . . . and for Wednesday nights. Every week he meets anonymously with the same man, in whom Silas has discovered the ideal meld of intellectual companionship and absolute obedience to his sexual commands. But unbeknownst to Silas, his closest friend is also his greatest enemy, with the power to see him hanged—or spare his life.

A loyal, well-born gentleman official, Dominic Frey is torn apart by his affair with Silas. By the light of day, he cannot fathom the intoxicating lust that drives him to meet with the Radical week after week. In the bedroom, everything else falls away. Their needs match, and they are united by sympathy for each other’s deepest vulnerabilities. But when Silas’s politics earn him a death sentence, desire clashes with duty, and Dominic finds himself doing everything he can to save the man who stole his heart.

## Main characters

* Silas Mason
* Mr Dominic Frey

### Additional characters

* Lord Richard Vane
* David Cyprian
* Mr Harry Vane
* Mr Julius Norreys
* Zoe Shakespeare
* Jon Shakespeare
* Will Quex

## Real time events

* The Cato Street Conspiracy referenced in the book took place in February 1820.

 References

* A Seditious Affair on Goodreads
* The series page at K.J. Charles's webpage
* A complete list of characters and places can be found at K.J. Charles's webpage.
Jonathan-verse

## Summary

Jonathan verse is a name coined in KJ's Facebook group for the books loosely connected via a fictional book, *Jonathan: or, The Trials of Virtue.*

The origin of the book can be found in the short fiction Wanted, An Author.

## Books connected through the Jonathan-verse

* Wanted, A Gentleman (set in 1805)
* Wanted, An Author (set in February 1807)
* Band Sinister (set in the summer of 1807)
* Unfit to Print (set in 1870-ish, "about the same time as Sins of the Cities")
A Case of Possession

## General

This is the second main title in the book series A Charm of Magpies.

## Summary

Lord Crane has never had a lover quite as elusive as Stephen Day. He knows Stephen’s job as justiciar requires secrecy, but the magician is doing his disappearing act more than seems reasonable—especially since Crane will soon return to his home in China. When a blackmailer threatens to expose their illicit relationship, there's only one thing stopping Crane from leaving the country he loathes: Stephen.

Stephen has problems of his own. As he investigates a plague of giant rats sweeping London, his sudden increase in power, boosted by his blood-and-sex bond with Crane, is rousing suspicion that he’s turned warlock. With all eyes on him, the threat of exposure grows. Stephen could lose his friends, his job and his liberty over his relationship with Crane. He’s not sure if he can take that risk much longer. Crane isn’t sure if he can ask him to.

The rats are closing in, and something has to give…
List of characters

## Alphabetical Order - Main Characters

List of characters that appear as main protagonists in a book. They may not be POV-characters but they are the second in the book's main pairing.

## Additional Characters

These characters show up in books as secondary characters, or merely mentioned. If they are main characters in a book, or the other person in a main pairing (even if the story isn't told from their POV) they can be found in the table above.

\*\* In some cases occupation change from the start of the book to the end.

\*\*\*\* These characters originated in the book The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope.
Pen Starling

## Summary

Pen was born Repentance Godfrey and AMAB. They are what we today would call non-binary. They have a twin-sister Greta.

The twins were brought up by their mother Emmeline Godfrey in a religious cult before running away at 14 years old to join a travelling circus. There they took up work as acrobats and took the stage-name The Flying Starlings.

Pen features as one of the MCs in An Unsuitable Heir in the Sins of the Cities series.

## Appearance

Pen was AMAB and often dresses in male clothes. They have long dark hair which they wear up in a lady's hair style sometimes. In those times the words we have today for various gender expressions weren't yet in use but it is fair to assume that Pen would have identified as non-binary.

## Birth year

Pen is 23 at the start of the story putting their birth year in 1850.

## Relationships

* Mark Braglewicz
* Earl of Moreton, father
* Emmeline Godfrey, mother
* Greta Starling, twin sister
* Clement Talleyfer, half-uncle
* Tim Taillefer, cousin
The Ruin of Gabriel Ashleigh

## General

This story is set before the first book in the series Society of Gentlemen. Taking place a few months before the events in A Fashionable Indulgence.

## Summary

The youngest son and the blackest sheep in his family, Lord Gabriel Ashleigh never imagined he could sink so low. Though he’s a notoriously bad gambler, he takes on the formidable but strangely alluring Francis Webster, only to lose everything: all his money, the lovely estate he inherited from his aunt, and any hope of future happiness. So it’s a shock when Webster summons him to a private game for a chance to win back his possessions. The stake? If he fails, Ash must surrender his body.

Francis has been waiting years for this moment. At Eton, Ash’s elder brother harassed him relentlessly. Now, consumed by lust and rage, Francis is only too happy to exploit Ash’s foolish indiscretions. But as Francis strips the magnificently built youth—first of his family assets, then his clothes—he begins to wonder whether he’s been plotting revenge . . . or exquisite seduction

## Characters

* Lord Gabriel Ashleigh
* Mr Francis Webster

## Links

* The Ruin of Gabriel Ashleigh on Goodreads
* The series page on K.J. Charles's webpage
166 Fetter Lane

## Summary

166 Fetter Lane is the address of Simon Feximal's home in The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal. This is where Robert Caldwell moves in to share his household and where Sam and Jo end up growing up.

## Real or fictional?

There is a Fetter Lane in today's London but the area seems to have changed quite a bit since Simon Feximal's days.
A Case of Spirits

## General

A short story set after A Case of Possession.

## Summary

As torrential rains wash away the stench of a London heat wave, another kind of wave is sweeping through the city streets. A rash of ghost sightings, followed quickly by madness—and horrifying, eye-melting blindness.

The outbreak hits close to home when Lord Crane’s manservant, Merrick, becomes the newest victim. Desperate to find the cause of the malady, Crane and his magician lover, Stephen Day, are in a race against time—to put an end to the magical assault and put to rest the painful memories resurrected by ghosts of the past.
An Unsuitable Heir

## General

An Unsuitable Heir is the third and final book in the Sins of the Cities series.

## Summary

On the trail of an aristocrat’s secret son, enquiry agent Mark Braglewicz finds his quarry in a music hall, performing as a trapeze artist with his twin sister. Graceful, beautiful, elusive, and strong, Pen Starling is like nobody Mark’s ever met—and everything he’s ever wanted. But the long-haired acrobat has an earldom and a fortune to claim.

Pen doesn’t want to live as any sort of man, least of all a nobleman. The thought of being wealthy, titled, and always in the public eye is horrifying. He likes his life now—his days on the trapeze, his nights with Mark. And he won’t be pushed into taking a title that would destroy his soul.

But there’s a killer stalking London’s foggy streets, and more lives than just Pen’s are at risk. Mark decides he must force the reluctant heir from music hall to manor house, to save Pen’s neck. Betrayed by the one man he thought he could trust, Pen never wants to see his lover again. But when the killer comes after him, Pen must find a way to forgive—or he might not live long enough for Mark to make amends.

 Main Characters

* Mark  Braglewicz
* Pen Starling

### Additional Characters

* Clem Talleyfer
* Rowley Green
* Nathaniel Roy
* Justin Lazarus
* Sukey Lazarus
* Greta Starling
* Timothy Taillefer

 References

* An Unsuitable Heir on Goodreads.
* The series page at Goodreads.
* The series page at K.J. Charles's webpage.
Band Sinister

Cover of Band Sinister

## Summary

Set in 1807, Band Sinister is loosely connected to other KJ-books in the Jonathan-verse.

## Plot

Sir Philip Rookwood is the disgrace of the county. He’s a rake and an atheist, and the rumours about his hellfire club, the Murder, can only be spoken in whispers. (Orgies. It’s orgies.)

Guy Frisby and his sister Amanda live in rural seclusion after a family scandal. But when Amanda breaks her leg in a riding accident, she’s forced to recuperate at Rookwood Hall, where Sir Philip is hosting the Murder.

Guy rushes to protect her, but the Murder aren’t what he expects. They’re educated, fascinating people, and the notorious Sir Philip turns out to be charming, kind—and dangerously attractive.

In this private space where anything goes, the longings Guy has stifled all his life are impossible to resist...and so is Philip. But all too soon the rural rumour mill threatens both Guy and Amanda. The innocent country gentleman has lost his heart to the bastard baronet—but does he dare lose his reputation too?

## Characters

* Sir Philip Rookwood
* Guy Frisby

### Additional characters

* Amanda Frisby
* Viscount Corvin
* John Raven

## References

* Band Sinister on Goodreads
* Band Sinister on KJ Charles's webpage
Bayloft Dining

This restaurant is run by Elton and Aurora Slater. It's got a casual atmosphere perfectly suited for family outings.

## Dinner Menu

Sausage, Green Bean, and Cream Soup: 3 SP

Grilled Fish and Vegetables: 3 SP

Steak: 4 SP

Mashed Potatoes: 1 SP

Stuffed Fish: 4 SP

Sweet Salad: 3 SP

Tiny Tots: 8 CP

## Drinks

Ale (Glass): 4 CP

Ale (Gallon): 2 SP

Juice: 2 CP
Wanted, A Gentleman

## Summary

Wanted, A Gentleman is a road-trip, set in 1805 and is a stand-alone novel although loosely connected to others via the Jonathan-verse.

## Plot

Theodore Swann is a jobbing writer, proprietor of the Matrimonial Advertiser lonely hearts gazette, and all-round weasel. He’s the very last man that Martin St. Vincent would choose to rely on—and the only one who can help.

Martin is a wealthy merchant who finds himself obliged to put a stop to a young heiress’s romantic correspondence in the Matrimonial Advertiser. When she and her swain make a dash for Gretna Green, Martin drags Theo on a breakneck chase up the country to catch the runaway lovers before it’s too late.

Theo guards his secrets. Martin guards his heart. But as the two of them are thrown irresistibly together, entanglements, deceptions, and revelations come thick and fast…
Simon Feximal

## Summary

Simon Feximal is a ghost-hunter, hired to exorcise a ghost from Caldwell Place.

## Appearance

Robert describes him on the first pages of the first story:

> "He was worth the observation. A little above medium height but with very broad shoulders and an erect stance, he held himself like a pugilist. His face was more like that of a priest, albeit not one of any religion practised today. [..] He had a beak of a nose, heavy brows over deep-set dark eyes, and a thick head of steel-grey hair, although his face suggested he was not many years older than my twenty-five."
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> "His voice was a deliciously deep baritone."
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The text puts him at 33 years old at the start of the story.

## Relationships

* Robert Caldwell
* Theodosia Kay
Qbee

Qbees are the characters in the game that is controlled by a player.

## How to Obtain

They cannot be obtain because they are players and you are a player.

## Appearance

They have arms, legs, eyes, head and body shaped like marshmallow
You can customize your Qbee with Outfits.

The Qbee name is above the Qbee and their level on the left of the name and from which country on the right. The clan name (if there is one) is placed above the Qbee name.
Think of England

## General

Think of England is a stand-alone novel set in 1904.

## Summary

England, 1904. Two years ago, Captain Archie Curtis lost his friends, fingers, and future to a terrible military accident. Alone, purposeless and angry, Curtis is determined to discover if he and his comrades were the victims of fate, or of sabotage.

Curtis’s search takes him to an isolated, ultra-modern country house, where he meets and instantly clashes with fellow guest Daniel da Silva. Effete, decadent, foreign, and all-too-obviously queer, the sophisticated poet is everything the straightforward British officer fears and distrusts.

As events unfold, Curtis realizes that Daniel has his own secret intentions. And there’s something else they share—a mounting sexual tension that leaves Curtis reeling.

As the house party’s elegant facade cracks to reveal treachery, blackmail and murder, Curtis finds himself needing clever, dark-eyed Daniel as he has never needed a man before…

## Characters

* Captain Archie Curtis
* Daniel da Silva
* Patricia Merton
* Fenella Carruth
Earl of Moreton

## Summary

The Earl of Moreton is a title in the Sins of the Cities series. When the books take place the 5th Earl is Edmund Taillefer, half-brother of Clement Talleyfer.

## Titleholders

* Hugo Taillefer, 4th Earl of Moreton
* Edmund Taillefer, 5th Earl of Moreton
* Desmond Taillefer, 6th Earl of Moreton, disputed
* Pen Godfrey Taillefer, 6th Earl of Moreton, disputed
* Tim Taillefer, 6th Earl of Moreton, declared
Flight of Magpies

## General

This is the third main title in the book series A Charm of Magpies.

## Summary

With the justiciary understaffed, a series of horrifying occult murders to be investigated, and a young student flying off the rails, magical law enforcer Stephen Day is under increasing stress. And the strain is starting to show in his relationship with his aristocratic lover, Lord Crane.

Crane chafes at the restrictions of England’s laws, and there’s a worrying development in the blood-and-sex bond he shares with Stephen. A development that makes a sensible man question if they should be together at all.

Then a devastating loss brings the people he most loves into bitter conflict. Old enemies, new enemies, and unexpected enemies are painting Stephen and Crane into a corner, and the pressure threatens to tear them apart...
Non-Stop Till Tokyo

## General

Non-stop Till Tokyo is a stand-alone novel set in Japan in contemporary times.

## Summary

Kerry Ekdahl’s mixed heritage and linguistics skills could have made her a corporate star. Instead, she’s a hostess in a high-end Tokyo bar, catering to businessmen who want conversation, translation and flirtation. Easy money, no stress. Life is good—until she’s framed for the murder of a yakuza boss.

Trapped in rural Japan with the gangsters closing in, Kerry doesn’t stand a chance. Then help arrives in the menacing form of Chanko, a Samoan-American ex-sumo wrestler with a bad attitude, a lot of secrets, and a mission she doesn’t understand.

Kerry doesn’t get involved with dangerous men. Then again, she’s never had one on her side before. And the big, taciturn fighter seems determined to save her life, even if they rub each other the wrong way.

Then her friends are threatened, and Kerry has no choice but to return to Tokyo and face the yakuza. Where she learns, too late, that the muscle man who’s got her back could be poised to stab it.

## Main Characters

* Kerry Ekdahl
* Chanko

## Reference

* Non-Stop Till Tokyo on Goodreads
* This book is out of print and not available as an e-book. KJ has said it will likely stay that way indefinitely.
An Unseen Attraction

## General

An Unseen Attraction is the first book in the Sins of the Cities series.

## Summary

Lodging-house keeper Clem Talleyfer prefers a quiet life. He’s happy with his hobbies, his work—and especially with his lodger Rowley Green, who becomes a friend over long fireside evenings together. If only neat, precise, irresistible Mr. Green were interested in more than friendship . . .

Rowley just wants to be left alone—at least until he meets Clem, with his odd, charming ways and his glorious eyes. Two quiet men, lodging in the same house, coming to an understanding . . . it could be perfect. Then the brutally murdered corpse of another lodger is dumped on their doorstep and their peaceful life is shattered.

Now Clem and Rowley find themselves caught up in a mystery, threatened on all sides by violent men, with a deadly London fog closing in on them. If they’re to see their way through, the pair must learn to share their secrets—and their hearts.

## Main Characters

* Clement (Clem) Talleyfer
* Rowley Green

### Additional Characters

* Nathaniel Roy
* Mark  Braglewicz

## References

* An Unseen Attraction on Goodreads
* The series page at Goodreads.
* The series page at K.J. Charles's webpage.
Stephen Day

## Summary

Stephen Day first appears in The Magpie Lord and is one of the MCs in the A Charm of Magpies series.

## Appearance

Lucien Vaudrey describes him:

> "He was incredibly unimpressive. Short, for one thing, barely five feet tall, narrow shouldered, significantly underweight, hollow-cheeked. He had reddish-brown hair cut unfashionably close, possibly against a hint of curls. His worn suit of faded black was obviously cheap and didn't fit terribly well; bizarrely, he wore cheap cotton gloves. He looked like a clerk, the ten-a-penny kind who drudged in every counting house, except that he had tawny-gold eyes that were vividly glowing in his pale rigid face..."
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It's also stated that Stephen's hands are large for his small frame, with a jagged scar across his right knuckles.

## Relationships

* Lucien Vaudrey
* Ester Gold, Justiciar Partner
* Daniel Gold, best friend
* Jenny Saint, junior Justiciar
Sam Caldwell

## Summary

Sam Caldwell first shows up in the short story Turn of the Century, the last story in The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal.

## Appearance

His first appearance is as a young child, 6 - 8 years old, living on the streets with his sibling Jo.

He aids Robert Caldwell and Simon Feximal in their adventure Turn of the Century and comes to live with the pair after the story is concluded, essentially adopted by Robert Caldwell and given his family name.

Sam Caldwell also features in Spectred Isle in the Green Men series. Now a grown man, 29-31 years old he makes a living as a ghost hunter with Hugh Barnaby, Max Isaacs, and Randolph Glyde.

He lives with Barnaby and Isaacs in a house at 166 Fetter Lane, the old home of Robert Caldwell and Simon Feximal.

## Birth year

1891-1893 (6-8 years of age in December 1899).

## Relationships

* Robert Caldwell, adopted father
* Simon Feximal, adopted father
* Randolph Glyde, associate
* Hugh Barnaby, flat mate and keeper
* Max Isaacs, flat mate and keeper
Lucien Vaudrey

## Summary

Lucien Vaudrey, the 8th Lord Crane and Viscount Fortunegate, first appears in The Magpie Lord and is one of the MCs in the A Charm of Magpies series.

## Appearance

Lucien is 6'3" with a lean but muscular build and broad shoulders. He has pale blond hair, grey eyes, and patrician features. His skin is notably tanned from his work overseas.

Early in the series, it is revealed that Lucien has seven tattoos, all of magpies.

> Black, white and blue, three magpies perched and cawed and flew over Crane's torso, the colours magnificently vibrant. Another bird stretched its wings on his left shoulder. He turned, and Stephen gave a tiny gasp as he saw the huge, single magpie that brooded on his back, claws clutching a branch that was made of an old, jagged scar."
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The other two magpie tattoos are later revealed to be on his hip and thigh.

## Relationships

* Stephen Day
* Frank Merrick, man-servant, best friend
* Hector Vaudrey, brother
Alexander Pyne-ffoulkes

## Summary

Lord Alexander Greville de Keppel Pyne-ffoulkes aka Alec Pyne. He is an illustrator and we see him first when he goes to meet Jerry Crozier at the music hall Grande Cirque, in Any Old Diamonds.

## Appearance

When describing Jerry Crozier we learn that he is a few years younger than Crozier's thirty to thirty-five. Later he mentions he has

> "turned twenty-eight and had already found suspiciously grey hairs among the blond at his temples."
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## Birth year

The mention of having turned twenty-eight places his birth year in 1867.

## Relationships

* Jerry Crozier
* Templeton Lane
* Mrs Barzowski, Alec's landlady
* Duke of Ilvar, father
* Duchess of Ilvar, step-mother
* George, Earl of Hartington, older brother
* Lady Cara, Alec's older sister, deceased
* Lady Annabel, Alec's younger sister
Jonathan

## Summary

The book *Jonathan: or; The Struggle of Virtue* is a fictional book mentioned in some of K.J. Charles's books. The book is first mentioned in Wanted, An Author and then referred to again in Unfit to Print set about 70 years later. The novel is also mentioned in A Nobleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel, when Luke lends the book to Rufus.

The book connects characters from the books Wanted, A Gentleman and Band Sinister in what has become known as the Jonathan-verse.

## Name change

When the book is first mentioned (in Wanted, An Author), Theo plans to call it *Jonathan: or, The Struggles of Virtue* as he muses on it with Martin.

When Gil Lawless finds the book in his brother's collection it is called *Jonathan: or, The Trials of Virtue* so somewhere along the way Theo changed the title.
Rate the characters

As part of the promotion for the second Doomsday-book (out in September 2023) KJ was interviewed by Bookpage and a question was posed about how the characters rate on the scale of "... 1 being “Cozy Cinnamon Roll Who Has Never Hurt a Fly” and 10 being “The Literal Devil—But Sexy”. The reply was:

> "Rufus is a 3. He’s loud and shouty with a temper, and can be ruthless when he has to, but he’s got a very kind heart, he forgives quickly and he thinks hard about doing the right thing. Luke is . . . Luke is a Doomsday. He holds grudges forever, he’s manipulative and a shameless liar and frankly a git, and I don’t know how much he actually changes, rather than deciding to use his powers for good (and by “good,” I mean “Rufus”). He is also badly damaged by the events of book one, so deserves a bit more understanding than some other main characters of mine that I could mention, but I’d give him a solid 8: Natural Disaster. (I am really looking forward to seeing how people react to some of his more extreme decisions, ahaha.)"
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As luck would have it KJ couldn't stop thinking about it and the next day posted the below table for all (most) of her characters.
Ed

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**Ed** is a Moderator of *Cubic Castles*. He dedicates his spare time protecting others from and dealing with malicious players.

## Trivia

* He has been promoted as Moderator on September 17, 2017.
* He has a YouTube channel where he sometimes uplaods *Cubic Castles* content.
* He has already retired in July 2018 before being promoted again.
* His name contains 2 spaces before and after 'Ed'.