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Crusading journalist Nathaniel Roy is determined to expose spiritualists who exploit the grief of bereaved and vulnerable people. First on his list is the so-called Seer of London, Justin Lazarus. Nathaniel expects him to be a cheap, heartless fraud. He doesnât expect to meet a man with a sinful smile and the eyes of a fallen angelâor that a shameless swindler will spark his desires for the first time in years.
Justin feels no remorse for the lies he spins during his sĂ©ances. His gullible clients simply bore him. Hostile, disbelieving, utterly irresistible Nathaniel is a fascinating challenge. And as their battle of wills and wits heats up, Justin finds he canât stop thinking about the man whoâs determined to ruin him.
But Justin and Nathaniel are linked by more than their fast-growing obsession with one another. They are both caught up in an aristocratic familyâs secrets, and Justin holds information that could be lethal. As killers, fanatics, and fog close in, Nathaniel is the only man Justin can trustâand, perhaps, the only man he could love.
Donât miss any of the captivating Sins of the Cities novels:
AN UNSEEN ATTRACTION | AN UNNATURAL VICE | AN UNSUITABLE HEIR
And look for the enticing Society of Gentlemen series by KJ Charles:
THE RUIN OF GABRIEL ASHLEIGH | A FASHIONABLE INDULGENCE | A SEDITIOUS AFFAIR | A GENTLEMANâS POSITION
Praise for An Unnatural Vice
âExplosive.ââPublishers Weekly
âAnimosity and attraction surge in equal measures when Nathaniel Roy, investigative journalist, faces off against Justin Lazarus, the Seer of London. Their opposing vocations and radically different backgrounds create a powerful and fascinating conflict. Although this book can be read as a stand-alone, [K. J.] Charles continues to build tension and add menace by deepening the overarching mystery introduced in the first novel. The series is definitely building to a firecracker conclusion.ââRT Book Reviews
âAn Unnatural Vice is a tremendous follow-up to the first book in the Sins of the City trilogy. Fans of the seriesâand of K. J. Charlesâwill love the romance between Nathaniel and Justin, and the Taillefer family mystery. . . . An Unnatural Vice is exciting, entertaining, romanticâand wonderful.ââAll About Romance
Includes an excerpt from another Loveswept title.
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- ISBN: 9780399593970
- File size: 922 KB
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- ISBN: 9780399593970
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May 29, 2017
After the meticulous, empathetic evocation of two quiet men in An Unseen Attraction, Charles piles it on thick in this Regency-era romance, pairing self-absorbed attention-seekers who dominate the room. Unsurprisingly, they clash titanically but canât take their eyes off one another. Nathaniel Roy is an archbishopâs son turned atheist and journalist. Justin Lazarus is a workhouse brat whoâs mastered a 19th-century grifterâs dream gig as a medium. Nathaniel begins investigating Justin, not knowing the charlatanâs all-too-material connection to a lost-heir drama unfolding in the lives of Nathanielâs friends. The action here depends entirely upon the events of the earlier book. The romance is sexually explosive but Charles never puts in the work to make the protagonistsâ exchange of revelations or character growth plausible. Like a lovely bit of clockwork, the storyâs movements are precise and its figures are appealing, but readers can hear the mechanism ticking. Nathaniel and Justin are too abruptly swept into an emotional whirlwind after countless pages of antagonism that make it hard for the reader to like either of them or believe they like each other. Agent: Courtney Miller-Callihan, Handspun Literary.
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