The Disability Book Archive

[ID: A book cover. The title, “An Unseen Attraction” is in large white print, lower centre of the image. At the bottom of the cover, in large gold print, the authors name “K. J. Charles”. Directly above this, in smaller, white print, the phrase “Sins of the Cities”. All of the text is in caps.
The figure of a man takes up the right half of the image. He is of Indian descent, has black hair, black facial hair, is wearing a grey suit, and is staring out of the cover at the reader. Behind him, a dark street scene. There is a house with a lit lamp outside of it. The house has a balcony, and there is a tree next to it. It appears to be night time. /end]

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Content Warning:

• Murder (off page)
• Alcoholism
• Blackmail
• Reference to Suicide
• Reference to Torture
• Taxidermy
• Homophobia
• Animal Death
• Emotional Abuse
• Sexual Content
• Violence
• Racism

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Summary:

A slow-burning romance and a chilling mystery bind two singular men in the suspenseful first book of a new Victorian series from K. J. Charles.

Lodging-house keeper Clem Talleyfer prefers a quiet life. He’s happy with his hobbies, his work—and especially with his lodger Rowley Green, who becomes a friend over their long fireside evenings together. If only neat, precise, irresistible Mr. Green were interested in more than friendship…

Rowley just wants to be left alone—at least until he meets Clem, with his odd, charming ways and his glorious eyes. Two quiet men, lodging in the same house, coming to an understanding… it could be perfect. Then the brutally murdered corpse of another lodger is dumped on their doorstep and their peaceful life is shattered.

Now Clem and Rowley find themselves caught up in a mystery, threatened on all sides by violent men, with a deadly London fog closing in on them. If they’re to see their way through, the pair must learn to share their secrets—and their hearts.

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Notes:

This is the first book in the “Sins of the Cities” trilogy.

One of the protagonists of this book is half-Indian.

There is an age gap of 7 years between the two protagonists.

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Archivist Comments:

From what I’ve seen, the autism rep in this book is only implied, but the majority of people are all very much in agreement that it’s there. This a slow burn, but I’ve seen a couple of comments suggesting that the characters don’t wait until the very end to get together.

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