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flagrant waste of paper) and even from Ben (who included little sketches of things that had happened at school, and which Martin suspected were for his benefit, to let him know that Lindley Priory was doing more good than ill). The pigs got fat, Daisy proved herself a brisk but competent nurse when Martin was ill, and Martin earned a few guineas by translating a novel.

When the weather turned, Will dragged the mattress and bedstead into the loft and began to refer to the ground floor as the sitting room, a pretense that Martin might have found absurd if he didn’t see how pleased Will was with the secondhand sofa he had procured. On the first night when they could see their breaths clouding before the night sky, Will casually mentioned that if this winter was hard on Martin’s health, they could consider going to Italy the following year.

“You want me to become friendly with an entirely new cast of characters?” Martin asked, with a horror that was only partially feigned.

“It’s something to think about,” Will said, and changed the topic.

Martin thought about their home and everything around it. Shelter, food, books to read, letters from people who cared about them, and a combined income that managed to be neither precarious nor insufficient. This cottage was home, and Martin would dig his heels in as long as it was reasonable, but all those small and precious things that made up their lives together were infinitely portable. And so he knew that if in the coming months his lungs were especially recalcitrant, or if his clothes hung even more loosely than usual, he wouldn’t balk if Will mentioned Italy again. He turned his head to where Will sat beside him, huddled against the side of the cottage, and kissed his shoulder.

“Italy, Greece, the moon. It’s all the same if you’re there.” Martin wasn’t sentimental often, but when he managed it, he was rewarded by a blinding smile, such as the one he was favored with now.

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It Takes Two to Tumble

Some of Ben Sedgwick’s favorite things:

Helping his poor parishioners

Baby animals

Shamelessly flirting with the handsome Captain Phillip Dacre

After an unconventional upbringing, Ben is perfectly content with the quiet, predictable life of a country vicar, free of strife or turmoil. When he’s asked to look after an absent naval captain’s three wild children, he reluctantly agrees, but instantly falls for the hellions. And when their stern but gloriously handsome father arrives, Ben is tempted in ways that make him doubt everything.

Some of Phillip Dacre’s favorite things:

His ship

People doing precisely as they're told

Touching the irresistible vicar at every opportunity

Phillip can’t wait to leave England’s shores and be back on his ship, away from the grief that haunts him. But his children have driven off a succession of governesses and tutors and he must set things right. The unexpected presence of the cheerful, adorable vicar sets his world on its head and now he can’t seem to live without Ben’s winning smiles or devastating kisses.

In the midst of runaway children, a plot to blackmail Ben’s family, and torturous nights of pleasure, Ben and Phillip must decide if a safe life is worth losing the one thing that makes them come alive.

A Gentleman Never Keeps Score

Once beloved by London's fashionable elite, Hartley Sedgwick has become a recluse after a spate of salacious gossip exposed his most-private secrets. Rarely venturing from the house whose inheritance is a daily reminder of his downfall, he’s captivated by the exceedingly handsome man who seeks to rob him.

Since retiring from the boxing ring, Sam Fox has made his pub, The Bell, into a haven for those in his Free Black community. But when his best friend Kate implores him to find and destroy a scandalously revealing painting of her, he agrees. Sam would do anything to protect those he loves, even if it means stealing from a wealthy gentleman. But when he encounters Hartley, he soon finds himself wanting to steal more than just a painting from the lovely, lonely man—he wants to steal his heart.

About the Author

CAT SEBASTIAN lives in a swampy part of the South with her husband, three kids, and two dogs. Before her kids were born, she practiced law and taught high school and college writing. When she isn’t reading or writing, she’s doing crossword puzzles, bird watching, and wondering where she put her coffee cup.

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By Cat Sebastian

The Seducing the Sedgwicks Series

It Takes Two to Tumble

A Gentleman Never Keeps Score

Two Rogues Make a Right

The Regency Impostors Series

Unmasked by the Marquess

A Duke in Disguise

A Delicate Deception

The Turner Series

The Soldier’s Scoundrel

The Lawrence Browne Affair

The Ruin of a Rake

A Little Light Mischief (novella)

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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