Date
published: 2013
ISBN: 978-1-77130-392-7
Historical
M/M
E-book
Reviewed by Helen
Obtained via
publisher
Gerard
Gretton has reared a family and restored the family fortunes. He calls his
adult children together and tells them he is leaving to search for the person
he once loved and that, should they ever be fortunate enough to find love, to
seize it.
Randall is
grateful to be a younger son because his taste is for men, not women, and at
this period of history such a taste is illegal. His chances of ever finding
true love are tiny, but, in the meantime, his brother sets him to searching for
a traitor to England.
Randall is a
very engaging character with many layers and a nicely balanced mixture of
self-confidence and insecurities. I also like the way the character of the
oldest brother, Peregrine develops through this story. Jason is another
complicated, multilayered person it’s a treat to get to know as the story
unfolds.
Smugglers,
spies, highwaymen and traitors are all standard fodder of stories from this
era, and this book doesn’t disappoint in this area with a hefty dose of them
all. The story is well-paced, alternating description and sex scenes with
bursts of surprises and action. The bad guy in any particular scene is never
the first person to come to the reader’s mind, but is not completely improbably
either.
My only
complaint with the book is a couple of places where the POV wobbled a bit.
I enjoyed
this yarn, a great mix of plot, character and adventure, and a clever balance
of the anticipated and the unexpected. I look forward to the next book in the
series.
This is an objective review and not
an endorsement of this book.
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