Review: New Twist on Historical Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2013
I received this from NetGalley and since I am an avid reader of Historical Regency romance, I was interested to see how it would stand up to the strict social climate of that time period.This was a well written plot driven book. the characters and the struggles they faced were believable. If you go into reading this book with an open mind, you can imagine this happened quite often; not the ending, which I won't give away, but the choices and the life style gay/bi-sexual men faced. For woman, it wan't that much of an issue.Darleston is a manly man, so people wouldn't suspect he was gay. But he wasn't; he loved women as well as men. When he was in university he had a lover, Lyle. They were torn apart when Darleston's family found out about the affairs.Years later Darleston shows up at a house party and it's Lyle's home. He is married but he and his wife never touch. At all.Emma has a phobia about touching that she has never revealed to anyone. But when she sees Darleston her body reacts and she can't keep away. The story weaves the interplay between the three, Emma, Darleston and Lyle and how they handle their emotions. I didn't think I would enjoy this book, but I did.