Winter Knights
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In this gay holiday romance, the magic of Christmas in the English countryside brings fantastical pleasures and the hope of new beginnings. Historian Gavin Lowden is in Northumberland on Christmas Eve for two reasons: to find evidence of a romantic bond between Arthur and Lancelot, and to finally tell his partner Piers that he loves him. Piers has promised to come clean with his conservative family and join Gavin for their first holiday as a couple, but at the last minute, he bails. Devastated, Gavin heads out onto the moors alone, just as snow begins to fall . . . Gavin stumbles into an underground chamber, where strange happenings cause him to question what is real and what is fantasy. He’s found by two mysterious men who offer him a bed for the night—and awaken him to nuances of erotic pleasure he didn’t know existed. Pleasure he hopes to share with Piers. When Piers learns that Gavin has gone missing, he is desperate to find him. He knows now breaking up was a terrible mistake, and he’s ready to take the next step in their relationship—if it’s not already too late.
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This really is a lovely little story, and one that fans of Arthurian lore would probably very much enjoy. The main character is an Arthurian scholar, looking for proof that King Arthur truly existed. His story takes a wild turn, though, when his boyfriend breaks up with him on Christmas Eve, and he finds himself falling into a place that might be entirely fantasized on his part, and might be one part ghost story, and one part legend. Whichever it is, the rest of the tale is very heartfelt and revealing, and the character gets a lovely happy ending.
I'm a sucker for Arthurian legend. Particularly the idea of past/future lives, which this story implies. Even if everything that happens is all in their heads, the Main character and his boyfriend still have a fascinating story to tell, and are woven into a much larger plot that makes me wish this book were ten times its size. I'd love to see more characters in this universe, though to do so might destroy the filmy layer between fantasy and reality that the author has so carefully constructed.
Either way, I'm very glad I bought this story, and highly recommend it for a nice quick read.
