The Widows Club investigates Club Dionysus!

To Heist and to Hold (Wimpole Street Widows #1) by Christina Britton      

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Heloise Marlowe, an inhabitant of the Widows Club had a pressing problem. Her sister-in-law Julie has had a valuable heirloom necklace belonging to her employer go missing. It had been used at her employer’s insistence, to bet with at the gambling club Dionysus. When Julie went to retrieve it the next morning there was no record of it. How that all happened is another story. Suffice to say if the necklace is not found Julie will be accused by her employer of theft. The penalty for that crime is death or transportation.

Heloise and the widows concoct a plan. Now all Heloise has to do is seduce the owner of the club Ethan Sinclaire. Something Heloise is not sure she can do.

Meanwhile Ethan has heard rumours questioning the honesty of his club. This is his worst nightmare. A club’s reputation is all that stands between success and failure. The slightest hint of trouble could ruin the club.

As a ruse to investigate the club, the widows propose a boxing match with the star being one of their members, the retired Mrs. Laney Finch. This will give them entree into the club to continue their search.

Sparks fly between the Ethan and Heloise. Ethan proves to be a gentle giant and Heloise finds herself out of her depth.

An enemies to lovers trope—a delicious read with all the necessary mystery, suspense and passion that we come to expect from Christina Button.

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