Cover Artist: Garrett Leigh, Black Jazz Design
Release Date: April 10, 2020
Length: Novel / ~86,000 words
Pairing / Genre(s) / Keyword(s): M/M Historical Romance
Release Date: April 10, 2020
Length: Novel / ~86,000 words
Pairing / Genre(s) / Keyword(s): M/M Historical Romance
James Redbourn, Viscount of Crofton, enjoys all the pleasures King Charles II’s Restoration court affords him. His encounter with the enigmatic Chivalrous Highwayman in Epping Forest, sets the court aflame. Tales of the charming rogue treating his latest victim with his usual gentle hand has ladies’ fans quivering with every whisper.While the Chivalrous Highwayman is a delicious fantasy, it is the intriguing Adam Dowson, the son of one of the greatest Cavalier generals, who is firing James’s daytime desires. Their friendship might be growing stronger, but Adam seems to be one of the few men who is impervious to James’s charms, no matter how hard James tries.
When James’s father become deathly ill, James races home. He is ill-prepared to become the 4th Earl of Crofton, and his father’s vague but dire warnings on his deathbed only make matters worse. Now the earl, James must discover what is happening at Crofton Hall that had troubled his father so deeply.
James turns to Adam for help. Despite Adam’s own secrets, James trusts him. James hopes he’s not making a mistake, risking his family estate, and his already bruised heart. Together, they need to work to clear out the rotten core at Crofton Hall, and along the way secure a happy future for them both.
A sneaky snippet of what’s in store…
Adam picked up his coffee. “But as I have said before, I am not a man who is of much interest.”
“That I do not believe. You have travelled widely and spent time in the company of many different people. All these things shape a man.” Adam was shaped very nicely, but James kept that comment to himself.
“Then think how terribly dull I would have been without my experiences. My interests lie in reading and debate, not dancing or drinking. The whims of court are interesting to me as an observer, not as a participant.”
“You sound as if you might be one of those Fellows from the Royal Society—constant research.”
Adam scoffed. “Yet it is you who was educated at Cambridge.”
James warmed inwardly to the fact that Adam must have taken some pains to get the measure of him. “My father has no concern for my actions at court, but if I had not attended Trinity at Cambridge, like him, his father, and his father before him, I would not be so easily forgiven. I know it is not necessarily the case for many in my position to indulge in a university education, but after returning from the continent and all the upheaval, I found the time there very… restorative.”
Meet Rebecca
REBECCA COHEN spends her days dreaming of a living in a Tudor manor house, or a Georgian mansion. Alas, the closest she comes to this is through her characters in her historical romance novels. She also dreams of intergalactic adventures and fantasy realms, but because she’s not yet got her space or dimensional travel plans finalised, she lives happily in leafy Hertfordshire, England, with her husband and young son. She can often be found with a pen in one hand and sloe gin with lemon tonic in the other.
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