What a delightful m/m regency romance by a new-to-me author! Oliver Rivington is a former captain who is now at loose ends after his time in the army is cut short by a leg injury. Jack Turner is a man who takes care of problems for ladies when more conventional (and legal) methods won't do. They find themselves thrown together when Oliver discovers that Jack has done some sort of service on behalf of his sister Lady Montbray. Oliver is repelled by Jack's loose regard for the law, and Jack has sworn to himself that he would never be so foolish as to fall for a gentleman, so I'm sure you can all see where this is going.
I really enjoyed the set-up, and the examination of class, and in general the pairing of a morally righteous yet lonely gentleman and a prickly rogue with a secret heart of gold is always going to work for me. I found the mystery the two of them worked together to solve fairly compelling as well. My only real complaint about the book is that the two of them would occasionally get mad at each other for reasons that were never particularly believable, and the great conflict they have is the sort that either should matter a lot (and not be as easily solved as the book's end suggests it is) or not actually be that big of a deal. But those issues didn't do anything to truly affect my enjoyment of the overall story. The next book by this author featuring one of the minor characters in this novel comes out next week, and I will definitely be reading it.
Grade: A
I really enjoyed the set-up, and the examination of class, and in general the pairing of a morally righteous yet lonely gentleman and a prickly rogue with a secret heart of gold is always going to work for me. I found the mystery the two of them worked together to solve fairly compelling as well. My only real complaint about the book is that the two of them would occasionally get mad at each other for reasons that were never particularly believable, and the great conflict they have is the sort that either should matter a lot (and not be as easily solved as the book's end suggests it is) or not actually be that big of a deal. But those issues didn't do anything to truly affect my enjoyment of the overall story. The next book by this author featuring one of the minor characters in this novel comes out next week, and I will definitely be reading it.
Grade: A
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