Euan is searching for the government agent who sent his brother to Australia on a convict ship, and other radicals to the gallows. Euan MacLennan, the brother of a convicted radical David once represented, approaches David to beg him for help. Murdo tempts and provokes David in equal measure, forcing him to acknowledge his physical desires.īut Murdo is not the only man distracting David from his work. And as appalled as David is by Murdo’s unrepentant self-interest, he cannot resist the man’s sway.

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.Tormented by his forbidden desires for other men and the painful memories of the childhood friend he once loved, lawyer David Lauriston tries to maintain a celibate existence while he forges his reputation in Edinburgh’s privileged legal world.īut then, into his repressed and orderly life, bursts Lord Murdo Balfour.Ĭynical, hedonistic and utterly unapologetic, Murdo could not be less like David. 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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