The Gentleman and the Rogue by Bonnie Dee & Summer Devon is their standalone class-boundaries-crossing m/m Regency historical erotic romance with action adventure elements, starring an ex-officer and a soon-to-be ex-prostitute, free courtesy of publisher Duet and All Romance eBooks as their Christmas Countdown Giveaway selection for December 15th.
This has 4 out of 5 flames on the heat index over at ARE, appears to involve a bit of a damsel-in-distress rescue subplot amidst all the relationship drama, and has no particular warnings in the tags.
Currently free, just until shortly before midnight CST on the 16th @
All Romance eBooks (DRM-free choice of formats available worldwide; if you want more than one format, you'll have to go through the checkout again). If you happened to miss it, yesterday's 4-flame f/m contemporary BDSM erotic romance is still free for a limited time:
Her Secret Dom.
In addition to the Xmas Countdown Giveaway freebie, Summer Devon also has several other freebies over at ARE: a 3-flame m/m novella:
Goodbye Phillip, and has stories included in both volumes #4 of the
Love Has No Boundaries and
Love Is Always Write series of m/m anthologies.
Both
Bonnie Dee and
Summer Devon have a wide range of m/m and f/m works published by Samhain, Carina Press, and other imprints which should be eligible for ARE's usual Buy 10 Get 1 Free offer and their periodic rebates, so if it turns out you enjoy their writing, you might want to have a look through their author pages and see if there's anything you might want to sample and wishlist.
And this has been the selected 3rd (non-repeat) free ebook thread of the day.
Because as it turns out, I have read a couple of titles from these authors before, and found them to be generally fairly readable, with a few flaws of varying degrees of annoyance, but mostly reasonably engaging characters and situations, and were overall enjoyable, so it's nice to be offered another one for free.
Enjoy!
Description
Lad from the streets meets lord of the manor. Both men’s lives will be changed forever.
When Sir Alan Watleigh goes searching for sex, he never imagines the street rat he brings home for one last bit of pleasure in his darkest hour will be the man who hauls him back from the edge of the grave.
Despite his harsh life in the slums of London, Jem is a bright, cheerful young man. He’s also witty, irreverent, glib, and makes Alan laugh--a rare occasion since war time trauma and the death of his family have made the man a ghost of his former self.
A single night of meaningless sex turns into an offer of permanent employment. Jem acts as Alan’s valet, but offers him so much more than polished boots and starched cravats. Just as the men are adjusting to their new living arrangement, news about a former soldier under his command sends Sir Watleigh and Jem on the road to save a child in danger.
The journey brings them closer together as they travel from lust toward love. They rescue the girl from the clutches of an insane surgeon, who is as interested in experimenting on the vulnerable human spirit as he is on physical bodies. Alan realizes his love for Jem when he nearly loses him, but is Alan’s love strong enough to risk society discovering the truth about him? And is he strong enough to finally accept his sexual inclinations?