London, 1883.   Finely dressed and finely drunk, Charlie Price is a man dedicated to his vices. Chief among them is his collection of illicit erotica, and he intends to enjoy his waning bachelorhood as thoroughly as possible. His impending marriage to a woman he can’t love will force his carefully curated collection into a safe deposit box until the end of time. But before it does, Charlie is determined to have one last hurrah: getting the autograph of his favorite author, the secretive Reginald Cox.   When a cheerful dandy appears out of the mist with a highly-secret pen-name on his pretty lips, erotic novelist and bookshop owner Miles Montague assumes blackmail. But Charlie Price is no blackmailer; he’s Reginald Cox’s biggest fan. Miles is more gifted as a smut writer than a shopkeep, and uses his royalties to keep his flagging bookstore afloat. It’s all that remains of his old life, and he doesn’t want strangers disturbing