Deeply introverted Catriona lives for her work at Oxford and her fight for women's suffrage. She dreams of romance, too, but since all her attempts at love have ended badly, she now keeps her desires firmly locked inside her head - until she climbs out of a Scottish loch after a good swim and finds herself rather exposed to her new colleague.
Elias Khoury has wheedled his way into Professor Campbell's circle under false pretences: he did not come to Oxford to classify ancient artefacts, he is determined to take them back to his homeland in the Middle East. Winning Catriona's favour could be the key to his success. Unfortunately, seducing the coolly intense lady scholar quickly becomes a mission in itself and his well-laid plans are in danger of derailing . . .
Forced into close proximity in Oxford's hallowed halls, two very different people have to face the fact that they might just be a perfect match. Soon, a risky new game begins that asks Catriona one more time to put her heart and wildest dreams at stake.
Genre: historical romance
Publication date: December 2023
Mature content: yes
Review: The Gentleman's Gambit is not your mainstream historical romance novel. There's a lot of depth to the characters and to the plot, and there must have been a lot of previous research by the author in order to write the story including so many interesting little details. There are several side plots too, and they all fit together pretty well.
Overall, I enjoyed reading it very much, but in some places the plot felt like it was moving very slowly, and that's the main reason I'm rating it with four stars instead of five.
The Gentleman's Gambit is book four in the League of Extraordinary Women series. I haven't read any of the previous books and, except for the epilogue, I didn't feel like I had missed much. When I got to the epilogue, then I was really lost, but that's obviously on me. I'm now curious about the other books, though, so I'll try to go though them soon as well.
Happy readings!
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