{"id":26551,"date":"2026-04-15T14:39:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=26551"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:58:30","slug":"the-queer-principles-of-kit-webb-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/26551","title":{"rendered":"The Queer Principles of Kit Webb"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb<\/em><\/a> (2021) Cat Sebastian<\/a> (London Highwaymen #1)<\/p>\n

\"TheSet in England in 1751<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve already told you what I think. Paying the blackmailer is letting your father get away with it. I want to make him suffer,\u201d Marian added with a degree of relish Percy found entirely understandable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This was so far from a comprehensive list of his father\u2019s worst misdeeds that it was almost incorrect, the understatement so severe as to verge on dishonesty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIn any event,\u201d Percy went on, \u201cwhat I had thought were principles were merely manners, and they\u2019re utterly insufficient for my present circumstances.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He still wasn\u2019t used to accounting for all the ways his abilities had changed since his injury, and was cross with himself for his lack of forethought.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Every day is market day for secrets, his mother had always said. Secrets could be traded for favors, for countenance, for trust. Secrets could be kept for the same price.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Kit \/ Christopher Richard Webb \/ Gladhand Jack, Betty, Edward Percy Talbot \/ Lord Holland, Collins, Lady Marian Hayes, Marcus Hayes, Eliza Talbot, Jane, Lionel Redmond, Scarlett, Mistress Flora Jennings, Clancy, Rob, Janet, Hattie Jenkins, Granny Dot, Dennis<\/p>\n

Cover illustration by Bri Neumann<\/p>\n

Publisher: Avon<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb (2021) Cat Sebastian (London Highwaymen #1) Set in England in 1751 \u201cI\u2019ve already told you what I think. Paying the blackmailer is letting your father get away with it. I want to make him suffer,\u201d Marian added with a degree of relish Percy found entirely understandable. 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