Sir Samuel Shawn had his eyes on Lord John Darnish for years, but with someone so obviously straight there is no point hoping for more. But then he sees John in a very obvious situation at a whorehouse, with a male whore. John is in panic, assuming Sam would blackmail him, so Sams assurance he would never tell a soul sparks an unexpected friendship between the two. But Sam doesn't dare tell John he's so understanding because he's gay himself.

I liked this a lot. I adore the MCs, they are just so cute and playful together, and I liked their personalities separately too, though Sams attempts to seems manly by not acknowledging he was doing something nice where sometimes quite painfully embarrassing to read.
I liked the slow development of the romance, both being so shy and insecure while acting actually quite obvious. Stuff like that warms my heart.

It was nice that the thread of exposure was a really troubling problem instead of a minor inconvenience it's sometimes portrait at, though the whole drama was a little confusing, overall, since there was obviously more going on then is stated, but maybe that's setup for another book?