Synopsis: As far as Lord Duncan Aldham is concerned, war is a thing which affects other people. He’s quite content to sit in the ancestral pile, ride his horses, and defend himself against his mother’s attempts to marry him off. So when Duncan meets the Manor’s new stable hand he’s thoroughly unprepared for the desire which the man ignites within him.
William Fossett is handsome, muscular, and utterly forbidden. A kind and gentle soul, William is a pacifist in a country which is about to force every man to test the strength of their convictions.
Confused by his yearning for Fossett, Duncan will soon be forced to work out whether he dare act upon this illicit attraction to another man - and to a Commoner, no less. But Fossett has bigger problems: the Military Service Act has been passed into law, and even absolutists are at risk of conscription...
Review: Never read much historical romance, but based on what I have I was interested to see how this would play into the M/M aspect. So we start with Duncan, heir to an earl who was far from a loving father that has now gone of to war. In comes William, a commoner, and a guy who's good with horses. It's a time of war, and what amounts to being drafted. Duncan isn't at risk. he's nobility and the only heir of his line. William is very much at risk, and this is a time where being anything other than heterosexual is considered an act of treason and punishable by death. Their romance is unlikely, but fierce. Yet realistic for the time. They try to hide but inevitably people begin to talk. Still, when it comes down to time to be drafted, Duncan isn't willing to just let his new found love, his first and only love, go to war. It's a very realistic story for the times, and while it has a happier ending, it's clear that this was not the norm for the times, which makes it all the better.
William Fossett is handsome, muscular, and utterly forbidden. A kind and gentle soul, William is a pacifist in a country which is about to force every man to test the strength of their convictions.
Confused by his yearning for Fossett, Duncan will soon be forced to work out whether he dare act upon this illicit attraction to another man - and to a Commoner, no less. But Fossett has bigger problems: the Military Service Act has been passed into law, and even absolutists are at risk of conscription...
Review: Never read much historical romance, but based on what I have I was interested to see how this would play into the M/M aspect. So we start with Duncan, heir to an earl who was far from a loving father that has now gone of to war. In comes William, a commoner, and a guy who's good with horses. It's a time of war, and what amounts to being drafted. Duncan isn't at risk. he's nobility and the only heir of his line. William is very much at risk, and this is a time where being anything other than heterosexual is considered an act of treason and punishable by death. Their romance is unlikely, but fierce. Yet realistic for the time. They try to hide but inevitably people begin to talk. Still, when it comes down to time to be drafted, Duncan isn't willing to just let his new found love, his first and only love, go to war. It's a very realistic story for the times, and while it has a happier ending, it's clear that this was not the norm for the times, which makes it all the better.
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