An Unseen Attraction (Sins of the Cities, #1)

by K.J. Charles

“I’ve lived in lodging houses for ten years,” said Mr. Green. “If making one feel homely isn’t a skill, it’s a rare and precious gift.”

He had a hounded look that Clem hadn’t seen before, yet which seemed to belong on his face as though it had always been there.

“I hope I won’t offend you if I say your father sounds like a heap of shit,” Rowley said. “And I say that as a man whose father hanged for murder.”