The Soldier’s Scoundrel is another male/male masterpiece by Cat
Sebastian. After my first venture into
her works—The Ruin of a Rake—I was
completely and totally obsessed with the way Cat weaves her erotic tales. Not to be a broken record, but it seems
positively nuts for me to spend money on books when I’ve got an entire shelf of
my bookshelf dedicated to books I still need to read and review (and many of
those have a time limit). Still, LGBT
romance novels are few and far between and Cat writes some of the best
historical romance novels I’ve ever read (male/male or not).
The Soldier’s Scoundrel involves—wait for it—a soldier and a
scoundrel. The soldier is Oliver
Rivington, a gentleman through and through.
He suffers from a war injury to his knee that limits his mobility and
some bad memories of his time overseas that limits his emotional availability. Looking for something to fill his time now
that he’s back he finds himself embroiled in some shady business lead by
business entrepreneur, and scoundrel, Jack Turner. Jack moved up from the dark alleys of London’s
slums and now runs a small business helping women solve their problems in a
discreet manner. The last thing he wants
is some wealthy gentleman following him around and slowing him down, but Oliver
isn’t as easy to get rid of as he’d hoped.
But the more time he spends with the handsome, polite, well-mannered
Oliver the more his distrust of the elite seems to crumble and the more worried
he becomes about these dangerous feelings stirring inside him.
This novel was
amazing from start to finish. And rather
long, which is great because I never wanted this story to end. I think I could read an entire life story of
Jack and Oliver and never get bored. I
loved every little bit of background information that Cat fed me about her
character’s and every interaction between Jack and Oliver send sparks of
pleasure shooting through my body. They
had some incredibly genuine chemistry and a whirlwind romance from start to
finish. I waited with baited breath for
every single interaction between the two of them and was constantly rewarded
with page after page of some of the sexiest relations I’ve ever read.
If you’ve never
delved into a male/male romance novel before then I strongly suggest you check
out Cat’s works. The Soldier’s Scoundrel is the first in the Turner Series, so you can start right away and you won’t have to
catch up! They’re filled with such heat and passion that I find myself thinking
of them long after I’ve finished. Hell,
I think about The Ruin of a Rake at
least three times a week and I read that book months ago. I don’t know how long it’ll take me to get
over this one…maybe not as long, given that I’m about to hop online and
purchase the second in the series as soon as this review finishes. As a blogger and bookstore employee there’s
little need for me to buy books when there are so many opportunities to receive
them for free, so that should tell you exactly how much I love Cat Sebastian
and her books. I actually paid for them.
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