Brass Rags

By JL Merrow

In early twentieth century England, a good valet can be damned hard to come by -- at least, when one’s requirements are quite so specific as Lord Algernon Huffingham’s. Algy likes a man with a firm hand. Preferably work-calloused, and applied with vigour to Algy’s aristocratic buttocks. He’s beginning to despair of ever finding a man who can give him what he needs and still respect him in the morning.

Disgraced footman Robert likes a roll in the hay as much as the next man. Preferably with the next man. But he’s more accustomed to following orders than issuing them -- and some of his lordship’s requirements are a bit more extreme than he’s used to! Robert may be easy on the eye and flexible in his morals, but will he be able to rise to Algy’s challenge?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Independent Publishers Group
• Release date: Apr 3, 2016
• ISBN: 9781634860260

JL Merrow

JL MERROW is that rare beast, an English person who refuses to drink tea. She read Natural Sciences at Cambridge, where she learned many things, chief amongst which was that she never wanted to see the inside of a lab ever again. Her one regret is that she never mastered the ability of punting one-handed whilst holding a glass of champagne.She writes across genres, with a preference for contemporary gay romance and mysteries, and is frequently accused of humour. Her novel Slam! won the 2013 Rainbow Award for Best LGBT Romantic Comedy, and her novella Muscling Through and novel Relief Valve were both EPIC Awards finalists.JL Merrow is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, International Thriller Writers, Verulam Writers and the UK GLBTQ Fiction Meet organising team.Find JL Merrow online at: www.jlmerrow.com, on Twitter as @jlmerrow, and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/jl.merrow

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Brass Rags

By J.L. Merrow

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Brass Rags

By J.L. Merrow

Shouldn’t your man be doing that for you, Algy?

Lord Algernon Huffingham paused in the act of unpacking his valise. He should, if I had brought one, but as I didn’t, he can’t.

Oh? Cedric Whyte, known to his friends, inevitably, as ‘Chalky,’ lounged back on his elbows on Algy’s bed. He kicked his feet idly over the edge. Want me to lend you my chap?

That’s kind of you, but no, thank you. I’ll manage. Algy had had dealings with Cedric’s valet, Woundsworth, before, and the man was a dreadful old stick-in-the-mud. Far easier to endure a spot of manual