
Hammer & Tongs
Lara Kinsey
Chances Limited #1
A gender-disguised farrier returns to Birmingham and catches the eye of the boss she's supposed to avoid.
Description
It’s 1927, and industry is booming in Birmingham. Chance Brothers Limited Company holds one little corner of the city. Every victory is a new responsibility. Isaiah Chance has no time for distractions, especially not his newest employee.Brighid Bell just wants to keep her head down and do her work. She’s been "Arthur Bell, Farrier" for nearly a decade, and she’s been gone from Birmingham nearly that long. But her work is shoeing horses, and Chance Brothers have the largest stable this side of Cheapside. Even better, the most notorious Chance blushes when she so much as looks his way.Isaiah can’t afford to give up control, not when the Sloggers are threatening his racetrack. But Brighid’s strong competence bends him to her will. Isaiah may have found a true partner. But when they’re both threatened, will our heroes be brave enough to be vulnerable?
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