A Gentleman Never Keeps Score

August 1, 2018
When Hartley Sedgwick first spots a stranger lurking outside his London townhouse, he assumes he is about to be robbed. However, after a few confusing minutes, during which each man tries to figure the other one out, Hartley winds up sharing a drink with ex-boxer and current pub owner Sam Fox. What Sam wants is a scandalous painting of his friend Kate that had been commissioned by Hartley's deceased godfather, Sir Humphrey Easterbrook. Ever since gossip?fomented in great part by Easterbrook's son, Martin?had gotten out about Hartley's real relationship with Easterbrook, Hartley had become a social pariah. So he would enjoy nothing more than helping Sam appropriate the painting. Especially once Hartley discovers he just might share something else in common with Sam. Romance supernova Sebastian once again brings her A-game to the latest potently sexy addition to her male-male, Regency-set Seducing the Sedgwicks series, following It Takes Two to Tumble? (2018). The author's exquisite writing and vividly detailed love scenes between two realistically flawed protagonists make this a must-read for fans and first-timers. (Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)