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The Spectred Isle

by K.J. Charles

🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate·spoiler·Green Men #1

Why Read This?

A post-WWI paranormal romance where a disgraced archaeologist and an arrogant arcanist must protect England from occult threats — and each other from loneliness.

Synopsis

MP3 CD Format 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 fulfill 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. Contains mature themes.

At a Glance

4.09 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate
Endingspoiler
PairingM/M
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

enemies to loversslow burnfound family

Mood

atmosphericmysteriousromanticbrooding

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

4.09 ★

Page Count

1 pages

Published

2017

Primary Genre

Paranormal Romance

Pairing

M/M

POV

Dual POV

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Unabridged

Narrator

Ruairi Carter

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
Theme Constellation

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Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Characters

FMC: N/A sign in to unlock

Spice Details 🌶️

understated but explicit, emotionally charged, British reserve meets genuine heat sign in to unlock

post-war trauma/PTSDviolenceanimal deathhomophobiasuicidal ideation (past)occult horrorgraphic spider scenes

World & Setting

historical sign in to unlock

Reading Context

romantic fulfillment sign in to unlock

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