The Gentleman and the Spy

<p>The Gentleman and the Spy is an 83000 word Victorian-era lord and valet romance with a country house party and a touch of espionage and international intrigue. </p><p><br></p><p>After his father's death Lord Magnus Dawson has more important things to think about than falling in love-like how to earn a living when all he knows is the idleness he was raised with and the military training he received before selling his commission.</p><p><br></p><p>For Toby Marsh the impetus is as great though he doesn't have Magnus's family connections to fall back on. A scholarship student at Cambridge he was forced to spend his last year in college as valet and sometime tutor to a brainless fellow student after his father's sudden death. Now he scrabbles out a living as a freelance tutor.</p><p><br></p><p>Then a call from the Foreign Office brings them together. Toby disdains the idle lordling and Magnus can't seem to treat Toby as more than a servant. As they delve deeper into their assignment the attraction between them grows. But can they envision a future together when so class and culture conspire to drive them apart?</p>