Two Rogues Make a Right

Two Rogues Make a Right (2020) Cat Sebastian (Seducing the Sedgwicks #3)

Set in Sussex, England in 1818

Will had four shillings and a bottle of laudanum, and barely enough self-control not to drink it himself.

It had been two years since he showed the first signs of consumption, which he had acquired in circumstances he strongly preferred not to think about.

“You think you aren’t important to me,” Martin said, his voice an embarrassing whisper. “You lackwit. You spent your childhood watching your mother die and I didn’t want you to spend your adulthood watching me die. Idiot,”

Martin’s father arranged for Will to get a place in the royal navy as an officer’s servant, which would put him on a path to becoming an officer. It was more than Will could have hoped for without Sir Humphrey’s intervention, but at the time it had been blindingly obvious to Martin that this was an effort to separate Will from Martin.

Puzzled, Will turned to look at Martin. “You know you can use the razor anytime you want, right?”

“I’m afraid I don’t know how,” Martin said after a moment. Will wiped the blade on a wet cloth and regarded his friend. Martin’s cheeks were pink and his gaze fixed on the floor. “I’ve always had a valet.”
…
Will blew out a breath and tried not to dwell on Sir Humphrey’s failings as a parent and a human.

(I)t was lunacy to think people got what they deserved.

Characters: Will Sedgwick, Sir Martin Easterbrook, Lady Bermondsey, Hartley Sedgwick, Benedict Sedgwick, Mrs. Tanner, Daisy Tanner, Sam Fox, Jonathan York, Mr. Booth, Lieutenant Reese, Lieutenant Staunton, Able Seaman Davis

Publisher: Avon Impulse

Rating: 8/10

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