An Unnatural Vice
Sins of the Cities, Book 2
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An Unnatural Vice
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Narrated by:
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Matthew Lloyd Davies
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By:
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KJ Charles
About this listen
In the sordid streets of Victorian London, unwanted desire flares between two bitter enemies brought together by a deadly secret.
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 doesn't expect to meet a man with a sinful smile and the eyes of a fallen angel - or 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 séances. 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 can't stop thinking about the man who's 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 family's secrets, and Justin holds information that could be lethal. As killers, fanatics, and fog close in, Nathaniel is the only man Justin can trust - and, perhaps, the only man he could love.
©2017 K.J. Charles (P)2017 Audible, Inc.Good story
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Nathaniel and Justin are the odd pair. I liked their relationship. Nathaniel the son of the Archbishop. Of Canterbury? I don't believe it was mentioned. His life is one of privilege. Justin came from poverty but learned his 'trade,' a spiritualist, from his 'master,' also a well known spiritualist until he drank himself into oblivion. Now, Justin is the Seer of London and he puts on a good show. Nathaniel is determined to expose him so he sets up meetings to observe what he does. He knows Justin is a fraud but he's good and Nathaniel wants to know how he's doing his sophisticated chicanery.
Both men are interested in the other, Justin likes that Nathaniel isn't a sucker, and Nathaniel likes Justin's eyes, his sharp wit, his cunning. While Nathaniel is an upstanding citizen, Justin believes that if people are so willing to part with their coin quickly, he'll help them. What's the difference between him and the church putting their hand out for a story? It's easy to judge him but the class system and abject poverty in England was very real. People had to eke out a living as best they could.
The first book, the murder(s) and the Earl's estate, are a continuing thread. Justin has information and someone kidnaps him. After that, both he and Nathaniel, because the latter is bringing pressure down around the Earl's real heir, need to get out of London because the murderers are closing in.
This ends happily for Justin and Nathaniel but the murders and who's likely behind all the mayhem is a little closer to being solved. That, apparently is in the next book.
I love that this Justin is Susan Lazarus's 'father.' Not biologically but he had her working for him and he took care of her like he was. I read The Lilywhite Boys series a number of years ago and it's interesting to see twelve-year-old Suki here and knowing how her story ends later on and who she ends up with.
Overall this is quality writing. Quality narration. I enjoyed it.
Very Good Series Continuation.
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