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Book Blurb

The Seventh Viscount of Torring, Randall Blair is more than disgusted with unfaithful lovers. When his last lover announces his engagement to the current reigning belle, Randall decides to suppress his true nature and follow suit. He is determined, once and for all, to forget the dark sailor who slipped in and out of his life five years before.

Lady Prudence Wedgewood has, for a member of the fair sex, unquestioned beauty, and shows a surprising wit, which will entertain Randall, even if her well-proportioned body does not arouse his desires. The marriage should at least be bearable.

The Blair and Wedgewood wedding plans unfold flawlessly...until Lady Prudence’s brother returns.

Lieutenant David Wedgewood has always been beyond discreet with his unnatural attraction to men. An attraction, which years ago, nearly set Randall’s bed aflame for a blissful, torrid week. David returned for only one reason: to save his beloved sister from a marriage destined to bring nothing but pain. Marriage to a sod!

He will kill Randall if that’s what it takes to stop the wedding. And he is willing to seduce Randall, to prove that this marriage can only end in disaster and heartbreak.

First edition published by Loose Id in June 2016.

Book Review

‘His Second Chance’ is not a book I planned on reading – despite the fact that I am a huge fan of second chances and reunions. It’s the historical setting that made me hesitate with this one set in the societally very restrictive London of 1784. But then I read the blurb. On one side there is Randall, a gay viscount who is so fed up with unfaithful lovers that he decides to get married to a woman to get the stability he craves. On the other side there is David, the brother of Randall’s intended, who knows Randall - intimately - and is determined to stop the wedding from happening to save his sister from being unhappy. This sets the stage for disaster along the way somewhere, and I was curious to find out what would happen.

Randall is in trouble. He knows he is gay, doesn’t care too much what anyone thinks about how he leads his life, and wants nothing more than some stability in his personal life. Randall decides to “change his preferences” and get married to a woman so he can settle down. He sort of knows his plan is not going to work, and his cousin, who is also his best friend, loudly objects, but Randall will not be stopped. He has even figured out a suitable lady he can court.

David is in the Royal Navy, as it turns out not entirely based on his own decision. His former lover is hanged without a trial when he gets caught with another sailor, and David realizes he is in real danger. Then he finds out his sister, Prudence, is about to marry Randall, a man David knows from his experience to be gay, and David is determined to stop the wedding at any cost. Not that he can tell his sister why without risking his own and Randall’s lives.

What follows is entertaining despite the seriousness of the situation. David is adorably determined to stop it all. Randall is stubbornly insistent he will go through with his plan. Prudence – well, she has her own agenda altogether, and that is what makes this story really interesting.

If you like historicals set in times when appearances were everything and gay love was punishable by death, if you want to find out how two men who love each other without ever having admitted it manage to come to blows, and if you’re looking for an entertaining read with fun characters, deep feelings, and an unexpected ending, then you will probably like this novella.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novella, 115 pages/25000 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	23-May-2018
Price	$2.99 ebook
Buy Link	https://www.amazon.com/His-Second-Chance-Book-ebook/dp/B07D969JNB