Two Rogues Make a Right: Seducing the Sedgwicks (Seducing the Sedgwicks, #3)

by Cat Sebastian

Will Sedgwick can't believe that after months of searching for his oldest friend, Martin Easterbrook is found hiding in an attic like a gothic nightmare. Intent on nursing Martin back to health, Will kindly kidnaps him and takes him to the countryside to recover, well away from the world.

Martin doesn't much care where he is or even how he got there. He's much more concerned that the man he's loved his entire life is currently waiting on him hand and foot, feeding him soup and making him tea. Martin knows he's a lost cause, one he doesn't want Will to waste his life on.

As a lifetime of love transforms into a tender passion both men always desired but neither expected, can they envision a life free from the restrictions of the past, a life with each other?

• ISBN10: 0062820648
• ISBN13: 9780062820648
• Publish Date: 23 June 2020
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: Collins
• Format: eBook
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

[jamiereadthis]

I’ve DNF’d two Cat Sebastians within the past month, either because my brain couldn’t settle or because the pattern is real. But this was everything I wanted in this book since Will and Martin showed up in book one. It’s lovely and quiet, with some laugh out loud lines. Comfort food of the nicest order.

I’ve concluded the Sedgwicks are the books of hers that click with me, Page & Sommers still to be determined, and the rest are hit and miss.

Also, I would totally read a book about the whole elder Sedgwick domestic situation. Just saying. A ramshackle house full of free-thinking poets? How very Voltaire.

[Lynn]

The eagerly anticipated third novel in the Seducing The Sedgwicks series is a delight. It's enjoyable as standalone, however, I strongly recommend reading the series in numerical order to fully appreciate the connection between the Sedgwick and Easterbrook families. 

Martin Easterbrook and Will Sedgwick are life-long friends although in recent times they've spent little time together. When Will learns of Martin's ill health, he whisks his dear friend away to Sussex, to care for him. During their time together as Martin struggles with consumption and Will battles his own addiction and PTSD. As time progresses, the pair become close, sharing a tenderness neither can avoid. However, their time together has to come to an end, as both men have obligations to fulfil until fate brings them back together. 

As romances go, this is an exceedingly slow-burn but equally satisfying friends to lovers story. These two men, both dealing with their personal problems share tenderness and respect, at a time of mutual need. Both are acutely aware of their attraction to each other, but also wary of destroying the close link they've shared since they were small boys. Thankfully, they maintain a small network of family and acquaintances, sympathetic to their plight as the pair take tentative steps to take their relationship to a level neither thought possible.

Unlike the previous two novels in this series, I appreciated the simplicity of Will and Martin's story, which matches their personalities perfectly. Additionally, I liked catching-up with Ben and Hartley Sedgwick along with other likeable secondary characters. As someone who's read many of the author's other novels, I've huge respect for Ms Sebastian's writing and this novel is another fine example of a well-paced and written M/M historical romance.

***arc generously received courtesy of Avon Impulse via Edelweiss+***