An emperor’s search for love destroys the very person he most adores. Crime/mystery/romance historical fiction based upon real events and characters of pagan Rome. Set two centuries before Rome’s recognition of Christians, it is an era of intrigue, torrid relations, raging ambition, wild sensuality, & unconventional love. Caesar Hadrian’s ‘favorite’ is found one dawn beneath [...]
Filed under: 4½ Stars, Ancient Rome, Ancient World, Fiction, George Gardiner, history, Reviews | 8 Comments »
When war veteran Sir Alan Watleigh goes searching for sex, he never imagines the street rat he brings home for one last bit of pleasure in his darkest hour will be the man who hauls him back from the edge of the grave. A night of meaningless sex turns into an offer of permanent employment. [...]
Filed under: 19th Century, Bonnie Dee, ebook, England, five stars, Leslie H Nicoll, Regency, Reviews | 7 Comments »
Patrick, fabulously wealthy and with a good eye for pictures and young men, brings the impressionable Nicholas Milestone to London, intent on reducing him to utter dependence by playing on his naivety and greed. But Nicholas proves to be not quite as pliable as hoped, and a witty social comedy develops as he struggles with [...]
Filed under: 1940's, 4 stars, England, Essential Reads, Fiction, Michael Nelson, Reviews | 1 Comment »
‘I know who you are.’The cat’s tangled thongs fell a second time. Mick flinched, arching away from the lash. ‘I know what you’ve done.’ Mick’s strong shoulders shivered under another blow. He caught the eye of the handsome midshipman. The stinging heat on his broad back increased, as did the burning ache between his spread [...]
Filed under: 18th Century, Age of Sail, Fiction, Jack Gordon, pirates, Reviews, three stars | 1 Comment »
Lieutenant Robert Pierce of the Royal Navy was raised in the shadow of his father, a great admiral, and has spent his life on the high seas fighting the ships of Napoleon Bonaparte. When he loses a leg in battle and is confined to land, Robert is devastated. Taken in by his sister Maria, Robert [...]
Filed under: 19th Century, 4½ Stars, Age of Sail, England, Leslie H Nicoll, novella, Reviews | 4 Comments »
This long out-of-print and newly rediscovered novel tells the story of two boys growing up in the cotton country of Mississippi a generation after the Civil War. Originally published in 1950, the novel’s unique contribution lies in its subtle engagement of homosexuality and cross-class love. In The Bitterweed Path, Thomas Hal Phillips vividly recreates rural [...]
Filed under: 19th Century, 2½ stars, America, Fiction, Reviews, Thomas Hal Phillips | Leave a Comment »
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