The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

"If you’ve ever mentally shouted “NOW KISS” at a pair of fictional male best friends, this is the book for you – particularly if you like stories that acknowledge that the Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name used its mouth to do plenty of other things in Europe’s secretly wild 18th century. Blithely bisexual, Henry “Monty” Montague has always found dalliances among his fellow British nobles to be a delightful romp – until he realizes he is in love with his best friend, the serious, seemingly straight Percy. Now the two are setting off for the continent for Monty’s grand tour, one last hurrah before Monty must come home, marry responsibly and take charge of his family’s estate – a fate he deems worse than death, and one his biracial best friend and stifled little sister would give their eyeteeth for. In Monty, Mackenzi Lee has created a narrator who’s equal parts irresistible and infuriating – watching the balance shift from the latter to the former as Monty learns to pay attention to the people around him is every bit as satisfying as the slow, aching love that blossoms between him and Percy."