The Magpie Lord (A Charm of Magpies #1)

by K.J. Charles

He had opened an envelope and found in it his father’s long-lost reputation. And he had cried, kneeling in the hallway, for the first time in years.

“In my case, the je ne sais quoi includes four years as a smuggler, two death sentences, and a decade as a Shanghai Joe, a dockfront trader. I hope you feel suitably elevated.”