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Eighteen years ago, Henry Asquith, Duke of Avesbury had to leave his kept lover, Kit Redford, in order to devote himself to raising his young family. Now, a lifetime later, his children are moving on and for the first time in years, Henry is alone.

During a rare visit to London, Henry unexpectedly happens upon an old friend of Kit’s and learns that Kit did not receive the financial pay off he was entitled to when Henry left him. Instead Kit was thrown out of his home and left destitute. Horrified, Henry begs Kit to see him and allow Henry to compensate him. But Kit, who now owns a discreet club for gentlemen of a certain persuasion, neither needs nor wants Henry’s money.

“Perhaps you should earn the money you owe me the way I had to earn it? On your knees, and on your back, taking my cock like a whore.”

Kit thought he had put his old hurts and grievances about Henry behind him, but when he sees Henry again, he discovers that, not only is the old pain still there, so is the fierce attraction that once burned between them. When, in a moment of fury, Kit demands a scandalous form of penance from Henry, no one is more surprised than Kit when Henry agrees to pay it.

As Kit and Henry spend more time together, they learn more about the men they have become, and about the secret feelings and desires they concealed from one another in the past.

Henry realises he wants to build a future with Kit but can he persuade his wary lover to trust him ever again? And can two men from such different worlds make a new life together?

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28 October 2020
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08HBL6PR1
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4695 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 290 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1999672070

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Joanna Chambers primarily writes MM romance. She lives and works in the UK and finds time to write by eschewing sleep and popular culture.

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Linz

Loved Kit and Henry

Reviewed in Australia on 31 October 2020

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I read this in one sitting, a perfect, gentle romance with multiple threads involving family, found family and friends.
Kit and Henry were just lovely, and the conflict and misunderstanding were dealt with in a way that I found really satisfying, honest in their pain and the resolution was not dragged out.
As a romance, it was steamy and so beautiful I’m still smiling.

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Katherine

Gorgeous second chance romance

Reviewed in Australia on 30 October 2020

I love the way Joanna Chambers captures historical periods, and can put characters into a realistic, not remotely queer friendly period, yet still provide a stunning love story between a same sex couple.

Henry and Kit are the mature main characters, both in age and manner, with a shared past and regret for a lost opportunity. Chambers writes a beautifully emotional story of hurt, comfort, forgiveness and a renewed relationship. I really enjoyed it, although it is a very slow burn, and builds in a lot of secondary characters, a lot of storyline that isn't necessarily as connected to the romantic main arc as you might want it to be.

Overall, this is a wonderfully romantic story, with great communication that helps stop the mistakes of the main characters' past falling into well trodden cliche - I enjoyed it, and will definitely go back to Book 1 (which this one can be enjoyed on its own, I definitely feel I probably shouldn't have started at number 5).

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marienz

HEA for Henry and Kit

Reviewed in Australia on 30 October 2020

This is a first for me by this author and I will be adding more of her books to my TBR list. I enjoyed both Henry and Kit's characters. The storyline kept me interested and it ended in a HEA.

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Heartbreaker

Reviewed in Australia on 29 November 2020

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Oh yeah - this was a bit heartbreaking. With the responsibility of the world on his shoulders, Henry had to walk away from his beautiful lover Kit, not knowing that lies and thievery left Kit in less than ideal circumstances, rather then the expected more lucrative agreement that was set up in the beginning of their liaison. Many years later, fate conspires to reveal the truth, almost wrecking Henry with horror, and Kit wanting to reduce Henry to the worst humiliation possible (for a man of his standing) as punishment. Henry is prepared to risk any humiliation to make amends, and Kit is too big hearted togo through with it. But where does that leave them? Such a great read. Loved these two MC's and loved the story.

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Cadiva

KIT AND HENRY’S STORY IS ONE OF LOSS AND LONGING BUT ULTIMATELY OF LOVE

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 October 2020

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Utter perfection.

This book was everything I hoped it would be and much, much more. Kit Redford has always fascinated me whenever he’s appeared in this series of books from Joanna.

Henry, Duke of Avesbury, we last saw bursting into Simon Reid’s office when he was meeting Murdo and David in The Bequest and in obvious distress.

In this book we find out why. Poor Henry has spent 18 years believing his Christopher was comfortably living in the house he’d bought for him with a yearly stipend and a nice payoff to invest for his future.

Instead, the reader knows Kit has had a traumatic time, glimpses of which we’ve had throughout the Enlightenment series, as he was left alone and vulnerable when Henry was forced to leave him because of a promise to his dying wife.

Henry is such a wonderful man, he is everything you’d ever hope a Duke would be, caring, responsible, willing to do his duty to the best of his ability, and capable of dealing with immeasurable loss and still go on. His is the perfect English stiff upper lip in attitude.

There may be readers who think “but he cheated on his wife?” with Kit. But, it’s more than that. There is an understanding between Henry and his wife because of her own nature, and I really appreciated that she was herself a thoughtful and kind person. She’d been fully complicit in Henry finding himself a lover.

Kit has always been there in the background, the owner of the self-named club where gentlemen of a certain persuasion could come and freely mingle without fear of discovery or exposure.

But there’s always been a sense of him holding something back, there was an air of aloofness amid his joviality and here we finally get the full story of these two men.

With a beautifully written narrative, Joanna gives the reader their journey back, they are Restored not only in each other’s eyes but also in the love that they’ve never lost.

And she does it through a multitude of individual plotlines which weave brilliantly together to create a build up of tension which all comes to a head with a dramatic encounter at a gaming den (and hello Jake Sharp, aren’t you a delicious character!)

This is also wonderfully steamy, the dynamic between Kit and Henry is turned utterly on its head and oh gawd how much did I love seeing Henry willing to do whatever Kit wished?! So, so emotionally vulnerable and chemistry bouncing off the charts.

I won’t go into more detail than I have here, other than to say there wasn’t a bit of this story that didn’t work for me. In actuality, it was the complete opposite, it left me wanting more.

More Kit and Henry, more of Simon Reid, definitely more Jake Sharp.

It also gave me George and Freddy, Henry’s two grown-up sons, and George is just like Henry and oh, how my heart hurt for him. His has clearly been broken and a throwaway comment from his father years before has led to a world of unintended pain, which I really hope Joanna is going to resolve with his own book.

And yes, I’m begging you for that one, Joanna! 😁😉😊

PS: How gorgeous is this cover too?! The Enlightenment series has some of my absolute favourite covers in the genre, such simplicity which evokes not only the time period but the men inside.

BevS

A Sheer Delight...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 October 2020

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A sheer delight. I was so happy when I heard that Joanna was reprising her Regency 'Enlightenment' world, but this time with Kit Redford in the starring role, and this second chance story certainly did not disappoint. Henry and Kit were fabulous of course, and I loved every single character [other than Percy and Silas and his cronies naturally]. Of course, the problem now is...I want a HEA for George and possibly Jake too, but not together methinks...George is probably too quiet and inexperienced for Jake. Come on Madame Author **puppy dog eyes**...pretty please!!.

Cassie Hughes

Another Wonderful Read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 November 2020

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Another beautifully written narrative from this talented author.
It was wonderful to finally find out more about Kit and what led to him opening Redfords and what a heartbreaking story it was. I loved the way we saw the story from both Kit and Henry's perspective too. I don't want to give anything away but I did shed a few tears in places.
As usual all of the authors characters are well rounded and believable and fit the period to perfection. The various plotlines woven throughout the narrative come together effortlessly and result in a very satisfying confrontation in a gambling hell.
As with all the other books in this series I will return to this one again and again and it goes without saying that I do hope there are more yet to come. I would love to see more about Kit and Henry and also the very intriguing Jake Sharp but most of all I need to know what happens to Henry's son George.

Charlie B

Enjoyable, highly charged and rewarding

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 November 2020

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Another delightful and enjoyable read with interesting and believable characters. Rounded pictures are provided of those central to the plot which it is easy to become immersed in. The sex scenes, which are erotically charged, do support the storyline as opposed to being the dominant feature which I was pleased about. So do get stuck into this series, always enjoyable.

Phanshy

Couldn't put it down.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 October 2020

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This has to be my favourite book by Joanna though I truly love them all. I loved Henry and Christopher(Kit) they were so well matched, my heart broke for them at times and I wasn't very charitable towards Henry's wife . The supporting characters were great as always and I need George's story so badly it hurts. If you love historical romance this is a must read.

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