Whenever I do my annual kindle unlimited read of various m/m Christmas romance novels, I also end up downloading a couple of non-Christmas romances to see if there are any new authors I need to add to my mental list of options. I'm not entirely sure this will be a permanent entry for me, but I did enjoy this enough to download the other historical romances this author has written.
The setup for this one is pretty straightforward: Major Henry Standish has come to London from Bath to find the rake who trifled with his sister. He goes to a club called Perdition, which Simon Beaumont, the alleged rake in question, owns along with two friends. But it is a case of mistaken identity, because in reality it was Simon's brother, who often poses as Simon and runs up debts and generally gets himself into trouble. However, before they can go find Simon's brother and resolve the issue of Harry's sister, Simon allows Harry to "demand satisfaction" from him, in predictable (yet delightful!) ways.
The resolution of the story isn't quite as, well, satisfying as the rest of it, but I did enjoy both the setup and the overall dynamic of the story, and I'm looking forward to discovering whether this continues in the author's other books as well.
Grade: B
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