Rears & Vices by E M CaroHE THOUGHT HE'D BE A HERO BY NOW AND THAT IT WOULD MEAN SOMETHING. It's 1816. The wars with France and America are over. Royal Navy career man Everard Anderson de Anglada sails the peacetime Great Lakes, demoted to captain of a tiny ten gun schooner. When Preston D'Arcy, Everard's former lieutenant and too handsome ex flame, forewarns him about a court martial they must judge, Everard is begrudgingly grateful. HE'S RADICAL, RESPECTED, UNFORGETTABLE

There's no way I've ruined the best thing that's ever happened to me

if they'd only let it

I’m not saying I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the three years I’ve spent in captivity on a pleasure planet

Astra’s only comfort comes when she unwinds at home

He may be a million miles away from the shy teenager she knew growing up

Only to be immediately destroyed

Cash is the first standalone book in the steamy

I’m a long way from being ready for a relationship—but it’s time to reclaim my agency

One summer

That's when pretenses and boundaries between us start to slip and fall away as we focus on survival

but when the most irresistible temptation he's ever faced slinks into his classroom

expects from people like her