Workers in Scotland sought government reform and decided to strike, but the government feared them, and the whole thing ended with Andrew Hardie and James Baird (the leaders) being executed, and many other men transported to Australia. We’ve got actual historical happenings our main character, David Lauriston, is an advocate for the men accused by the state of being radicals who brought about an uprising: the “Radical War”, or as it’s called here, the weaver plot. But Chambers uses the historical setting in such a clever way. The historical detail is front and center, and you really feel the time and place, in this case the Scottish Enlightenment circa 1820, a time period I really didn’t know much about going in. But there’s something about the style this book is written in, which frankly reminds me of one of my favorite authors, K.J.
And don’t get me wrong, I enjoy those types of books often when done well. I guess I was thinking this was more like your standard “historical” romance, with the focus mostly on the romance, and where history often takes a backseat, or gets a bit imaginary (cough Tessa Dare cough).
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.I should have read this so much sooner! I’ve owned a Kindle version for years now. The truth could leave his heart broken…and more necks stretching on the gallows. 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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