![]() Warning: Contains mystery and danger set in 1822 Scotland, and a forbidden love between two men that will leave you on the edge of your seat-until the next book. Not only does Provoked manage to avoid doing that to a great extent, the setting is richly realized and completely believable, and real-life events are woven into the fictional narrative beautifully. ![]() The truth could leave his heart broken.and more necks stretching on the gallows. As a rule I’m very wary of historical m/m because so many have to enter fantasy-land for the story to work. It's personal, intimate, and instead of extinguishing his desire, it only leaves him hungry for more.Īs David's search for the man who betrayed the weavers deepens, he begins to suspect that his mysterious lover has more sinister reasons for his presence in Edinburgh. ![]() Unlike David, he intends to eventually marry while continuing to enjoy the company of men whenever he pleases. Troubled by his sexuality, tormented by memories of a man he once platonically loved, David lives a largely celibate life-until a rare sexual encounter with a compelling stranger turns his world on its head.Ĭynical and worldly, Lord Murdo Balfour is more at home in hedonistic London than dingy, repressed Edinburgh. ![]() ![]() Worse, his latest case-defending weavers accused of treason-has brought him under suspicion of harbouring radical sympathies. Lowborn David Lauriston lacks the family connections needed to rise in Edinburgh's privileged legal world. When a man loses his heart, he has no choice but to follow. ![]()
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