A Shore Thing - Joanna Lowell Audiobook

Written by Joanna Lowell
Read by Ros Watt
Format: Mixed
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Books on Tape
Release date: June 18, 2024
Duration: 13:20:04

A delightfully queer Victorian love story, featuring a boldly brash trans hero, the beguiling botanist who captures his heart, and a buoyant bicycle race by the British seaside —

Former painter and unreformed rake Kit Griffith is forging a new life in Cornwall, choosing freedom over an identity that didn’t fit. He knew that leaving his Sisterhood of women artists might mean forfeiting artistic community forever. He didn’t realize he would lose his ability to paint altogether. Luckily, he has other talents. Why not devote himself to selling bicycles and trysting with the holidaymakers?

Enter Muriel Pendrake, the feisty New-York-bound botanist who has come to St. Ives to commission Kit for illustrations of British seaweeds. Kit shouldn’t accept Muriel’s offer, but 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 together, their 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 them, and at the season’s end, their paths will diverge. With only their hearts as guides, Kit and Muriel must decide if they’re willing to race into the unknown for the adventure of a lifetime.

“Ros Watt’s narration highlights all the charm of this queer historical romance. Kit Griffith is a bicycle shop owner–and a dashing rake. He’s left his old life behind, in which he belonged to a sisterhood of women artists, and is building a new one in Cornwall. There the indefatigable Muriel Pendrake, a botanist who is keen to have him illustrate her upcoming lecture, approaches him. Watt conveys the lively conversations with their rounded British accent, shifting smoothly between Muriel’s bright voice and Kit’s deeper pitch. When Kit challenges an all-male cycle club to a race around Cornwall, Muriel volunteers to prove women are just as capable as men. Watt’s warm voice conveys the adventure and blossoming romance as Kit and Muriel cycle the coastline together.”—AudioFile