Historical Romance Book Club discussion

Discussion thread for the third BOTM for May 2022. Please remember to use the spoiler tags when necessary! (Please see 'some html is ok' for instructions.)

King's Man by Sally Malcolm

Synopsis:


Two weeks on the road together. Two weeks trapped in a carriage. Two weeks to win him back, or part with him forever…

Had there been no war, Sam Hutchinson and Nate Tanner would have lived their lives together, as friends and secret lovers. But when the revolution convulsed America, it threw them down on opposite sides of history…

Five years later, Sam is a Loyalist refugee in London, penniless, bitter, and scrambling to survive amid the city’s shadowy underworld. It’s a far cry from his respectable life as a Rhode Island lawyer, and the last person he wants to witness his ruin is Nate Tanner— the man he once loved, the man who betrayed him. The man he can’t forgive.

Now an agent of the Continental Congress, Nate is in London on the trail of a traitor threatening America’s hard-won freedom. But the secret mission of his heart is very different. Nate longs to find Sam Hutchinson—the man he still loves, the man he lost in the war. The man he can’t forget.

When their lives unexpectedly collide, Sam and Nate are thrown together on a dangerous mission. Still nursing his resentment, reconciliation is the last thing on Sam’s mind, but every day he spends on the road with Nate weakens his resolve. And despite everything that divides them, old passions begin to reignite...

Can they seize this second chance at love, or is the past too painful to forgive?
 

I plan to start this one soon.

I have started this but I don’t have much time to read so have made very little progress.

I finished with a tiny bit of May left in my time zone. Will add more thoughts later but this was a lovely read. Very moving and fantastic historical context.

I'm sorry I missed this one. I don't have much focus for reading and don't want to short change Malcom. Look forward to discussing when I do get to it!

Sam (AMNReader) wrote: "I'm sorry I missed this one. I don't have much focus for reading and don't want to short change Malcom. Look forward to discussing when I do get to it!"

It was the only book I read last month, and while I started it early on, it wasn’t till I had a couple days at the end of the month that I made progress. Looking forward to discussing when you get a chance!

It's been a while, a year, whatever. I'm looking forward to my reading getting back to normal and hoping it's around the corner with summer.