A Shore Thing

A delightfully queer Victorian love story,featuring a boldly brash trans herothe beguiling botanist who captures his heartand a buoyant bicycle race by the British seaside ΓÇö from the author of The Duke Undone. Former painter and unreformed rake Kit Griffith is forging a new life in Cornwallchoosing freedom over an identity that didn’t fit. He knew that leaving his Sisterhood of women artists might mean forfeiting artistic community forever. He didnΓÇÖt realize he would lose his ability to paint altogether. Luckilyhe has other talents. Why not devote himself to selling bicycles and trysting with the holidaymakers? Enter Muriel Pendrakethe feisty New-York-bound botanist who has come to St. Ives to commission Kit for illustrations of British seaweeds. Kit shouldnΓÇÖt accept MurielΓÇÖs offerbut he must enlist her help to prove to an all-male cycling club that women can ride as well as men. And she won’t agree unless he gives her what she wants. Maybe that’s exactly the challenge he needs. As Kit and Muriel spend their days cycling togethertheir desire begins to burn with the heat of the summer sun. But are they pedaling toward something impossible? The past is bound to catch up to themand at the seasonΓÇÖs endtheir paths will diverge. With only their hearts as guidesKit and Muriel must decide if theyΓÇÖre willing to race into the unknown for the adventure of a lifetime.