{"id":24605,"date":"2025-05-26T20:58:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T00:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24605"},"modified":"2026-03-22T10:32:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:32:25","slug":"an-unnatural-vice-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24605","title":{"rendered":"An Unnatural Vice"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Unnatural Vice<\/em> (2017) K.J. Charles<\/a> (Sins of the Cities #2)<\/p>\n

\"AnSet in London and Norfolk in 1873<\/p>\n

He looked like the sin of angels, like the sweetest fruit at the goblin market, and Nathaniel despised everything about him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cOh, for\u2014 What did you think I was doing?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cDidn\u2019t have a clue.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIt might work,\u201d Tim said. He and Nathaniel had moved rapidly to first-name terms, on the basis of mutual dislike for the other Taillefers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Everything Repentance has now is rightfully the flock\u2019s. We raised him and his sister too. He owes us, and we\u2019ll have it.\u201d <\/p>\n

Justin knew a fervent wish to see the pair of them try that in court.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIt must be wonderful if you can afford to do the right things. I can\u2019t, so I\u2019m going to carry on being petty and contemptible for money.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Clem Talleyfer, Justin Lazarus, Nathaniel Roy, Sukey, Emma, Frankie, Mark Braglewicz
\nPhyllis McLennan, Gregory Markham, Mrs. Haughton, Phineas Taillefer, Desmond Taillefer, Mr. Hapgood, Mr. Conyers, Nestor Potter, Erasmus Potter, Emmeline Taillefer, Repentance Taillefer, Regret Taillefer<\/p>\n

Publisher: Loveswept<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Charles (Sins of the Cities #2) Set in London and Norfolk in 1873 He looked like the sin of angels, like the sweetest fruit at the goblin market, and Nathaniel despised everything about him. \u201cOh, for\u2014 What did you think I was doing?\u201d \u201cDidn\u2019t have a clue.\u201d \u201cIt might work,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[191,30,292,33,207,8,148,41,26,56],"tags":[50,213,476,544,765,557],"class_list":["post-24605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-british","category-ebook","category-historical","category-mental-health-rep","category-mystery","category-queer","category-reread","category-romance","category-sexual-content","tag-boinking","tag-grief","tag-kj-charles","tag-mm","tag-sins-of-the-city","tag-victorian"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-6oR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17512,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/17512","url_meta":{"origin":24605,"position":0},"title":"An Unnatural Vice","author":"Michelle","date":"June 21, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"An Unnatural Vice (2017) KJ Charles (Sins of the Cities) Set in London in 1873 He looked like the sin of angels, like the sweetest fruit at the goblin market, and Nathaniel despised everything about him. 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