Disabled veteran with a murderous uncle reunites with the girl-next-door who saved him, his twin, and his kid brother

2 POVs, with a few side POVs by another person, protagonists are 24 and 26, medium to low spice, Victorian era (1850s), light love triangle, heavy vengeance, reunited brothers

The plot here is a banger- murderUncle usurps a birthright, [Chapter 1]

the brothers split to different fates to avoid capture as kids, then reunite to right things, and run into the girl who saved them all grown up- at a ball she attends with her fiancé,  while they attempt choke out their uncle.

The brothers are super charming and interesting and the action moves.

The romance beats and "the Ton" are less compelling (lots of rumor and image management by people who are a little at sea about it,) but Mary and Sebastian are good protagonists. Our boy's a little extra angsty and we have another "war has scarred my very handsome face- look away!" dude, but Mary is pretty on point. Not as ballsy or hoydeny as you expect, but her choices feel pretty true to character. [80% in, re: character background]

she did spend 12 years in a nunnery and apparently did nothing worth commenting on the entire time, which feels wild.

I think I expected more "what were those 12 years like" all around- and you get some of that- but most of the book's focus is on high society judgement and manuevering. And the murderUncle.

Sex Scenes: Sex scenes are pretty low detail. I think we get more bathing details than sex details. [First time language]

I think "maidenhead" is used at some point and that's always too bad. At 24, after riding horses and spending days in carriages, 90% likelihood your hymen's not around, bud.

Narrator:  Faye Adele's performance is well done. There are some unhinged villian POVs that are super well acted.