A GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN

From the acclaimed author of Chef's Kiss, a groundbreaking trans Regency romance that's both delightfully witty and refreshingly iconoclastic.

The notoriously eccentric Lord Christopher Eden is a "man of unusual make" and even more unusual habits: he prefers to live far from the prying eyes and ears of the ton, and would rather have the comfortable company of his childhood cook and his aged butler than the swarm of servants and hangers-on befitting a man of his station. But Christopher's pleasant, if occasionally lonely life is upended when he receives word from his lawyers that, according to his late father's will, he must find a wife by the end of the Season if he intends to keep his family's fortune and the Eden estate. Christopher cannot imagine a worse fate: as he isn't attracted to women, his chances of making a wife happy are slim. Furthermore, if his quest to marry has any hope of succeeding, he must move to London posthaste and acquire some more suitable staff. Enter James Harding, Christopher's new, distractingly handsomeif rigidly traditionalvalet. After a rocky start, the two strike up a fragile friendship amid the throes of the London Season . . . a friendship that threatens to shatter under the looming shadow of Christopher's impending nuptialsand the secrets both men are keeping. With its heady combination of dry wit, slow-burn romance, and a nuanced portrait of trans identity, A Gentleman's Gentleman stands to transform the historical romance genre as we know it. With its heady combination of dry wit, slow-burn romance, and subtle commentary on the complexity of trans identity and relationships that's as relevant now as it was during the Regency era, EDEN'S END stands to transform the historical romance genre as we know it. TJ Alexander's debut novel, Chef's Kiss, was named one of the "100 Best Books of 2022" by Time magazine and one of the "125 Best Romance Books of All Time" by Parade Magazine, followed by Chef's Choice being chosen as a June 2023 Indie Next List Pick and one of Library Journal's "Best Romance of 2023" titles, and Second Chances in New Port Stephen being picked for Publishers Weekly's "Top Ten Fall 2023 Adult Romance & Erotica." TJ ALEXANDER is the author of Chef's Kiss, Chef's Choice, Second Chances in New Port Stephen, and Triple Sec. They received their MA in Writing & Publishing from Emerson College, and they live in New York City with their wife and various houseplants.