There's a lull in my current ARCs list so why not try to read some of my backlogged TBRs. Here's Merry Farmer's "Just A Little Wickedness." It's the first official novel in her series The Brotherhood.
["Lord Alistair Bevan, Viscount Farnham, has the weight of the world on his shoulders. With his father’s health ailing, the time has come for him to find a wife, produce an heir, and do his duty. But Alistair knows a traditional life is not for him, especially when a chance meeting with valet Joseph Logan turns his world upside down.
Joe Logan came to London in search of his missing sister, Lily. But months have passed, and not only is Lily still lost, more children have disappeared as well. The trail of the missing children might be growing cold, but things are just starting to heat up between Joe and Alistair.
When both Alistair and Joe seek out the help of The Brotherhood—an underground organization dedicated to helping the gay community—they are drawn into a much deeper investigation of children who have gone missing all over London. When it begins to look like people very close to Alistair’s family are involved, Alistair finally has a chance to make his father proud. But will the wild and wicked love blossoming between Alistair and Joe help them find Lily, or will their affair be exposed and destroy both of them?"]
I love the idea of The Brotherhood, of a whole group of queer peoples who created a society, a safe haven within the city of London to be themselves, to support each other. It's beautiful and wonderful. It's something that any city, no matter the era, needs.
These two were adorable as hell. They fell in love so hard and so fast. You could see it, sense it by just being in the room with them. They were utterly devoted to each other, to figuring out a future. And saving the children (I kinda really hoped they'd "adopted" two of those children, but then I remembered the age this story is set in).
Now that I'm remembering why I didn't continue the original The Brotherhood series: I know how real homophobia was (is) back then, how horrible and disgusting people were. I just don't necessarily want to be swamped by it. I want happily ever afters without secrets. Maybe I'll change my mind in the future, but for now, I think I'm hitting pause on this series again.
Trigger Warnings: period accurate homophobia, period accurate views on women/healthcare/social class/ect, violence, human trafficking, and more.
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