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Restoration Series

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Series Name: The Restoration Series - Edward Marston
Length: 6 books, mostly 200-300 pages
Time Period: 1660s (Restoration), England
Shipping Potential: Canon f/m, potential m/m and f/f
What Do I Ship? Christopher Redmayne/Jonathan Bale. Christopher is a Cavalier leaning architect who is absurdly cheerful and strangely good at solving crime, Bale is a puritan constable who is described as an absolute giant and who is a genuinely good guy underneath his spikiness. They start off a little tense with each other, one being a Cavalier leaning dude and the other being fairly Puritan, but quickly grow into a really strong and lasting partnership. I think the fifth book calls them "unlikely soulmates", and that's basically the only way I can see them now. I love how supportive they are of each other, how well they compliment each other and how much they just GET each other despite all their differences.

Henry Redmayne/Jonathan Bale. Bale still being, well, Bale. Henry is Christopher’s older brother, and while Christopher is lightly cavalier leaning Henry is a full on libertine who is utterly incapable of making a single good decision. These two really interest me because they have probably the most antagonistic relationship in the books. They disagree on pretty much every point possible (Jonathan is a Puritan while Henry is a libertine, Jonathan seems quite outwardly conservative while Henry is as liberal as fuck, Jonathan is very religious while Henry mainly seems to believe in himself), would never socialise with each other by choice... And yet keep being forced together on a regular basis! I'd love to see the edge between them explored in more detail, and maybe to see how much further it could lead.

Susan Cheever/Sarah Bale. Susan is Christopher’s girlfriend, a highly spirited spinster who is dedicated to caring for her father (the most Purintanical cavalier you’ll ever meet). Sarah is Jonathan’s wife, and is an absolute sweetheart on every level. They both know what it's like to be the slightly exasperated wife/girlfriend, they're both very kind, both very smart and both surprisingly open minded for women of their time. Basically I just think they’d be really cute together, and want them to have a fun time.
Summary: Christopher Redmayne, Cavalier leaning architect, is given a commission to build a house after the great fire of London. When he finds a body in the cellar of the house, he decides that he might as well solve the crime with the help of constable Jonathan Bale. This keeps happening.
Why Do I love It?: I like the little period details, I like the intricacies of the mysteries and I really like how the two come together in a lot of interestingly tense ways. The ways that Puritans and Cavaliers (and even Puritan and Cavalier leaning people!) interact in this series is fascinating to me, and a big part of the reason as to why I keep coming back.