Widdershins

This was all my catnip! Which demands the question: why had it been sitting on my Kindle for so long?!?! I should kick myself, but I'm on a non-violence streak.

The is the first installment of the adventures of Ival & Griffin or to the outside world Flaherty & Whyborne. From the blurb you'll get the what and where but for me suffice it to say that a former Pinkerton, now solo Detective, pairs up with a shy and virginal philologist to solve a case. There's some paranormal which is really irrelevant (at least to me) as what this most closely resembles is one of Wilkie Collins' gothic masterpieces. Griffin & Whyborne are both fantastic characters and complement each other perfectly, however this is truly the story of Whyborne, the shy scholar coming into his own and realizing his worth and strength and Griffin is his witness, support and love but there's never any doubt that our Whyborne is a hero. To add to the joy our men have a stalwart, no nonsense friend in Dr. Christine Putnam, an archeologist who literally has their back when things go haywire.

Rest assured that there are some sexy times and a plausible HEA in the horizon.
Next on my reading list: the rest of the series! JOY.