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The Contraband Shore
Book 1 in the Contraband Shore series.
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In 1787, Edward Brazier arrives in Deal intending to marry the widowed Betsey Langridge. Her brother Henry Tulkington blocks the match, while the former naval captain quickly discovers that the town’s merchants and officials are bound to a powerful smuggling organisation.
Brazier’s courtship becomes an investigation into violence, corruption and an old injustice connected with Betsey’s family. Marked as a threat by the local gang, he must decide how far he will go to challenge men whose influence reaches well beyond the shoreline.