'Percy licked into Kit’s mouth, and that was when Kit realized he wasn’t in charge of this kiss, not in the slightest.'
It’s 1751, and Kit Webb is a retired highwayman—essentially a pirate who worked roadways rather than the high seas, with the same implication of both danger and dashingness—trying to run his London coffee house in peace, even though it’s making him bored out of his mind. Cat Sebastian’s latest historical romance,, kicks off when in walks trouble itself in the form of the aristocrat Percy, Lord Holland, who needs help plotting the highway robbery of his own father. Romance, obviously, ensues.
“What we want to do,” Kit said, after the horses were secured, “is find a place where we can see the road but stay hidden. Do you see that bend? That’s bloody perfect. It’s fucking gorgeous.” He grinned at Percy and found the other man looking at him with a slightly dazed expression.During the actual holdup, they’d have to do something about his hair. As it was, it caught too much light.
“Now,” Kit went on, leaning in so his mouth was close to Percy’s ear, “as the carriage rounds the bend, you can see it for a full ten seconds before they see you. That gives you time to get into the road and into position before they can draw weapons. You and whoever we hire—Tom, most likely—will stand in the road. The sniper—I have the name of an archer who does tricks at fairs—”?” Percy repeated.
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