Review: really loving this series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 16, 2013
I've read all the Men of Smithfield books and have enjoyed all of them.  Here we meet Holden,  who used to be an adventurer but is now agoraphobic and he hasn't left his huge house in 2 years.  He notices his new gardener,  Adam, and all sorts of mayhem ensues.  Holden has a really charming and distinctive voice,  I could see him clearly in my mind's eye.  I felt for him and enjoyed spending time with him. Adam was a little more of a blank slate to me.  I could see his physical attraction,  which was beautifully described,  but it took me longer to warm to him.  But in the end I liked everyone,  including Mitzie (nice to see a decent female character even though her love life made no sense at all)  It had a bit of a French farce feel,  which characters arriving and hiding and then popping up again,  but it worked. It's funny, well written and it's also very hot.Here's a snipped early on when Holden reveals that he is gay to Adam.  Adam responds - "You're rich.  You're cultured.  You eat weird food.  You faint.  I didn't assume that meant you're a homosexual."  And so Holden is,  rich,  cultured,  eater of weird food and fainter - who wouldn't want to get to know him better...