As the only boys of colour in their form, they shared a common bond which quickly grew into a devoted friendship, with some, er, teenage boy benefits. In this second chance romance (is it second chance when the first chance was when they were only 15 or 16? – let’s go with it anyway, shall we?), Vikram and Gil both went to boarding school together. What worked for me (and what didn’t): It’s often easier for a novella-length story to give me a believable HEA when the main characters already know each other. And on the way, they may even learn if there’s more than just memory and old affection binding them together… Now the upright lawyer and the illicit bookseller need to work together to track down the missing youth. Not even Vikram not even if the once-beloved boy has grown into a man who makes his mouth water. Gil Lawless became a Holywell Street bookseller for his own reasons, and he’s damned if he’s going to apologise or listen to moralising from anyone. He doesn’t expect one of them to be run by the long-lost friend whose disappearance and presumed death he’s been mourning for thirteen years. He expects to find a disgraceful array of sordid bookshops. What it’s about: (from Goodreads) When crusading lawyer Vikram Pandey sets out in search of a missing youth, his investigations take him to Holywell Street, London’s most notorious address. Content Warning: Some depiction of prostitution for financial reasons.
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