The Love Remedy

ΓÇ£Beautiful and important.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöNew York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn When a Victorian apothecary hires a stoic private investigator to protect her business,they learn thereΓÇÖs only one way to treat true loveΓÇöwith a happily ever after. When Lucinda PetersonΓÇÖs recently perfected formula for a salve to treat croup goes missingsheΓÇÖs certain itΓÇÖs only the latest in a line of misfortunes at the hands of a rival apothecary. Outraged and fearing financial ruinLucy turns to private investigator Jonathan Thorne for help. She just didnΓÇÖt expect her champion to be so . . . grumpy? A single father and an agent at Tierney & Co.Thorne accepts missions for a wide variety of employersΓÇöfrom the British government to wronged wives. None have intrigued him so much as the spirited Miss Peterson. As the two work side by side to unmask her scientific saboteurLucy slips ever so sweetly under ThorneΓÇÖs battered armortempting him to abandon old promises. With no shortage of suspectsΓÇöfrom a hostile political group to an erstwhile suitorΓÇöThorneΓÇÖs investigation becomes a threat to all that Lucy holds dear. As the truth unravels around them the cure to their problems is clear: they must face the future together.