The Devil Comes Courting

by Courtney Milan

Overview

Captain Grayson Hunter knows the battle to complete the first worldwide telegraphic network will be fierce, and he intends to win it by any means necessary. When he hears about a reclusive genius who has figured out how to slash the cost of telegraphic transmissions, he vows to do whatever it takes to get the man in his employ.

Except the reclusive genius is not a man, and she's not looking for employment.

Amelia Smith was taken in by English missionaries as a child. She's not interested in Captain Hunter's promises or his ambitions. But the harder he tries to convince her, the more she realizes that there is something she wants from him. She wants everything. And she'll have to crack the frozen shell he's made of his heart to get it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666276176
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	04/20/2021
Series:	Worth Saga Series , #3
Pages:	422
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

Courtney Milan writes books about carriages, corsets, and smartwatches. Her books have received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist. She is a New York Times and a USA Today Bestseller.

She lives in the Rocky Mountains with her husband and an exceptionally perfect dog.

Editorial Reviews

★ 07/30/2021

Captain Grayson Hunter is determined to create a worldwide telegraphic network. He needs help to devise a telegraph code for Chinese characters while he's laying cable at sea, so a friend tells him of a person who's capable of the task and would be open to working for a Black man. However, his friend didn't mention that the candidate is a widow who isn't looking for a job. Amelia Smith was adopted from Shanghai and raised by English missionaries who believe she needs to find another husband, not a career. Defying her mother's wishes, Amelia agrees to work on Captain Hunter's project. The distance between Amelia and Captain Hunter only brings the two closer, as they discover through telegrams, letters, and in-person meetings that their relationship may be more than a business transaction. The third book in Milan's "Worth Saga" (after After the Wedding) can be read as a standalone but does have a secondary plot relating to characters introduced in previous novels. Themes of colonialism, racism, and gaslighting are discussed thoughtfully and with nuance in this Victorian epistolary romance. The gentle support and encouragement the protagonists give each other, as they process loss, heal from trauma, and discover connections, will have tender-hearted readers grabbing tissues, laughing at the bursts of levity provided by witty and lovable Amelia, and celebrating their union. VERDICT A must-have on historical romance shelves.—Shanel Slater, Marion P.L., IA

Library Journal