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And, more than she had ever expected, the mystery surrounding this young woman so like and yet so unlike herself forces Miss Tolerance to confront the voices of her own past, and to question what her future may hold. Reviews: At the outset of Robins's entertaining third mystery set in Regency London (after 2004's Petty Treason), an upper-class lady using the pseudonym Mrs. Brown calls on Sarah Tolerance, a freelance agent of inquiry whom society deems a fallen woman because she eloped at 16 with her brother's fencing tutor. Mrs. Brown wants Sarah's help in locating her 16-year-old sister, Evadne, who has eloped, unwilling to remain in their father's house under his harsh rule. Sarah, struck by the similarities between Evadne's situation and her own at the same age, searches for the missing girl in London's underworld, where she discovers connections to her own family and to a wider war-profiteering scandal. Colorful characters like Sarah's brothel-keeping Aunt Thea, cameos by such real-life personages as Mary Wollstonecraft, and the slow-burning romance between the quick-witted Sarah and close friend Sir Walter Mandiff all add to the fun. - Publishers Weekly","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49526500753681,"sku":"CIN0984436251G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49603236593937,"sku":"GOR008257501","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51010438955281,"sku":"NIN9780984436255","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51768952094993,"sku":"CIN0984436251VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0984436251.jpg?v=1750981435"},{"product_id":"point-of-honour-book-madeleine-e-robins-9781967297009","title":"Point of Honour","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt sixteen, Sarah Tolerance scandalized Society when she ran away with her brother's fencing master. 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Secrets that may put England, and Miss Tolerance, at risk. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorse, she finds herself drawn to the Earl, an attachment that they both know is impossible - and may put her in even greater danger...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52725147173137,"sku":"NIN9781967297009","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"petty-treason-book-madeleine-e-robins-9781967297016","title":"Petty Treason","description":"\u003cp\u003eMiss Sarah Tolerance may be a Fallen Woman, but she refuses to take the path decreed for her by English Society in the year 1810. 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Miss Tolerance's search takes her from the lowest brothels of the seedy London underworld, where men go to indulge their more aggressive desires, to secrets hidden within the Royal Family... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Miss Tolerance's Regency London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52725147664657,"sku":"NIN9781967297016","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781967297016.jpg?v=1763086857"},{"product_id":"doxies-penalty-book-madeleine-e-robins-9781967297030","title":"The Doxies Penalty","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn England of 1811 Queen Charlotte may be Regent, but the fate of women-particularly Fallen women-can be particularly harsh. 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The girl has vanished from under her family's roof, apparently bent on elopement with a mysterious stranger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike, and unlike, Miss Tolerance's own scandalous elopement years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaunted by the similarities between this girl's story and her own, Miss Tolerance is determined to reunite the girl with her grieving sister. But there is little to go on, only an assumed name and a small portrait. 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