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A Rare Find

by Joanna Lowell
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When an aspiring archaeologist teams up with her childhood enemy for a treasure hunt, they find it impossible to bury their growing feelings, in a charming queer historical romance from the author of A Shore Thing.
 
Elfreda Marsden has finally made a major discovery—an ancient amulet proving the Viking army camped on her family’s estate. Too bad her nemesis is back from London, freshly exiled after a scandal and ready to wreak havoc on her life. Georgie Redmayne is everything Elfreda isn’t—charming, popular, carefree, distractingly attractive, and bored to death by the countryside. When the two collide (literally), the amulet is lost, and with it, Elfreda’s big chance to lead a proper excavation. Now Elfreda needs new evidence of medieval activity, and Georgie needs money to escape the doldrums of Derbyshire. Joining forces to locate a hidden hoard of Viking gold is the best chance for them both. 
 
Marsdens and Redmaynes don’t get along, and that’s the least of the reasons these enemies can’t dream of something more. But as the quest takes them on unexpected adventures, sparks of attraction ignite a feeling increasingly difficult to identify as hatred. It’s far too risky to explore. And far too tempting to resist. Elfreda and Georgie soon find that the real treasure comes with a steep price… and the promise of a happiness beyond all measure.

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    June 10, 2025

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      • ISBN: 9780593549759

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      • ISBN: 9780593549759
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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      April 1, 2025

      Following the multi-best-booked A Shore Thing, Lowell writes another queer historical romance. Aspiring archaeologist Elfreda searches for Viking gold on her family's English estate with attractive Georgie, who was her childhood enemy. Prepub Alert.

      Copyright 2025 Library Journal

      Copyright 2025 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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      Starred review from June 1, 2025
      Elfreda "Elf" Marsden doesn't care what anyone else says: she is an archaeologist. The Alban Society of Antiquaries, however, does not accept the idea of welcoming female members. Elf thinks she may have finally found what she needs to establish her professional bona fides with the antiquarians, however, when she uncovers a Viking amulet near her home in Derbyshire. Unfortunately, the artifact is quickly lost when Elf bumps into her childhood frenemy, Georgina "Georgie" Redmayne. Hoping to mend fences with Elf, Georgie offers to help her search for the Viking treasure rumored to be buried somewhere in the neighborhood. But can Elf really work with Georgie when she proves to be so distracting in so many different ways? Lowell (A Shore Thing, 2024) switches things up with the Regency-era setting of her latest impeccably written, dryly witty historical romance, but readers will be delighted to know that the nuanced characters, as well as the thoughtful exploration of the fluidity of gender identity and transformative power of love, are everything they have come to expect from this extraordinary author.

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