The Outlawed Series
A series of interconnected historical romances featuring men on the wrong side of the law.
For the historical context of King’s Man see my piece on The Other Side of America’s 250th Anniversary
Reading order:
Rebel — the prequel (start here)
King's Man — Outlawed Book 1
Thief Taker — Outlawed Book 2 (coming 2026)
Falling in love is just the beginning…
“A little gem of a story…the longing and soul-deep connection between Sam and Nate simply leap off the page” — All About Romance
Samuel Hutchinson has lived his whole life in Rosemont, Rhode Island. And as far as he’s concerned, his future is fixed: complete his legal training, marry a respectable woman, and settle down to raise a family.
But Sam never counted on meeting Nathaniel Tanner.
Clever, urbane, and dazzling, Nate has been banished to Rosemont by a father determined to remove him from the rising political tension in Boston. The last thing Nate expects to find in the sleepy Rhode Island town is a man who’s not only interested in Nate’s radical ideas, but who interests Nate in return.
In every conceivable way.
Over books and conversation, their friendship deepens. But when Nate dares to confess his true feelings, Sam faces a stark choice—reject his friend and continue to live a lie, or rebel against everything he’s been taught and embrace his heart’s desire…
The love of his life has become his enemy…
“If you enjoy the way KJ Charles so skilfully weaves together romance, history and politics, then chances are you’ll enjoy this book, too” — All About Romance
Had there been no war, Sam Hutchinson and Nate Tanner would have lived their lives together as intimate friends, and secret lovers. But when the revolution convulsed America, it threw them down on opposite sides of history…
Five years later, Sam is a Loyalist refugee in London, penniless, bitter, and scrambling to survive amid the city’s shadowy underworld. It’s a far cry from his respectable life as a Rhode Island lawyer, and the last person he wants to witness his ruin is Nate Tanner— the man he once loved, the man who betrayed him.
The man he can’t forgive.
Now an agent of the Continental Congress, Nate is in London on the trail of a traitor threatening America’s hard-won freedom. But the secret mission of his heart is quite different. Nate longs to find Sam Hutchinson—the man he still loves, the man he lost to the war.
The man he can’t forget.
When their lives unexpectedly collide, Sam and Nate are thrown together on a dangerous mission. And despite everything that still divides them, old passions begin to stir...
Can they seize this second chance at love, or is their tangled past too painful to forgive?
Coming later in 2026: Thief Taker (Outlawed 2)
Elias Cole is a thief taker. He catches criminals for a living. He's very good at it.
The highwayman known only as Wessex has been robbing coaches on Hampstead Heath for two years. Cole has been hunting him for almost as long.
When he finally gets his man, neither of them is prepared for what comes next.
Thief Taker — enemies to lovers, coming later this year.
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