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The Scottish Boy

By: Alex de Campi
Narrated by: Richard Pearce
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1333. Edward III is at war with Scotland. Nineteen-year-old Sir Harry de Lyon yearns to prove himself and jumps at the chance when a powerful English baron, William Montagu, invites him on a secret mission with a dozen elite knights.

They ride north, to a crumbling Scottish keep, capturing a feral, half-starved boy within and putting the other inhabitants to the sword.

But nobody knows why the flower of English knighthood snuck over the border to capture a savage, dirty teenage boy. Montagu gives the boy to Harry as his squire, with only two rules: don't let him escape, and convert him to the English cause.

At first, it's hopeless. The Scottish boy is surly and violent and eats anything that isn't nailed down. Then Harry begins to notice things: that, as well as Gaelic, the boy speaks flawless French, with an accent much different from Harry's Norman one. That he can read Latin too. And when Harry finally convinces the boy – Iain mac Maíl Coluim – to cut his filthy curtain of hair, the face revealed is the most beautiful thing Harry has ever seen.

With Iain as his squire, Harry wins tournament after tournament and becomes a favourite of the King. But underneath the pageantry smoulder twin secrets: Harry and Iain's growing passion for each other, and Iain's mysterious heritage. As England hurtles towards war once again, these secrets will destroy everything Harry holds dear.

A sexy, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers historical romance, Alex De Campi delivers a steamy but tender love story. "Brokeback Mountain" meets "50 Shades of Grey" set again the vivid backdrop of Medieval Britain. Perfect for fans of Madeline Miller's Song of Achilles, the novels of C. S. Pacat, and K.J. Charles.

This novel contains explicit sexual content and adult themes.

Alex de Campi is a thriller writer with an extensive backlist of critically-acclaimed prose and graphic novels including Eisner-nominated heist noir Bad Girls (Simon & Schuster). Her most recent books were pulp horror graphic novel Dracula, Motherf**ker (Image Comics), sci-fi thriller Madi: Once Upon A Time in the Future co-written with Duncan Jones (Z2 Comics), and True War Stories, an anthology of soldiers’ deployment tales. She is on most social media as @alexdecampi.

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Fiction Historical Medieval Romance War England Heartfelt
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Extraordinary

Every character is fleshed out. The narrator is great. The story made me feel so full, then ripped my heart out, then ripped it out again, and then made me cry with happiness. Read it.

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So close!! But didn’t stick the landing (for me)

The performance of this title is phenomenal. Hats off to the narrator ♥️ Narratively, I felt that the revenge subplot did not deliver on the pay off. Also the story is incredibly romantic and I did cry at one point, but I ended the story still feeling that Harry fell harder than Iain. It always felt like Harry was more worshipful, vocal, proactive and Iain was going along with things.. I’m not sure I think I just wanted to feel that Harry was being cared for and loved in the same measure and I didn’t.

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Must Read

Hands down my favorite book I've ever read, and highly likely to hold on to that title for life. And a stunning performance by the narrator to go along with it.

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Great story

A refreshing story…would have been a great story without the explicit sexual descriptions. I want to know more about what happened next.

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Only 3 Chapters In

I've hardly started - and I'm completely captured. AMAZING narration!!! Maybe I had an odd sense of humor, but I've only just now gotten to hear The Boy speak, and his remarks are funny! I'm very much looking forward to this whole book! This is the first I've heard from this author as well!

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Exquisite.

An epic love story, quite possibly the best story EVER WRITTEN. Hands down my new favorite author. I wish there was more of this. 😭

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extremely well realized novel

there arent many well realized LGBT novels that aren't just soapy romances written by people who still ask gay couples, "so who's the woman in the relationship?" The added historical aspect makes this stand out with a real human story that isn't all based on sex.

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Epic, Action, Adventure, and romance

The epic story begins with the action and adventure of two young men who are aware of the Scot, French, English battles, but only as youth caught up in the pageantry of the sport. When real life politics reveals the harsh reality of war, young men grow into the complex world of adulthood.

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A fantastic gay historical fiction, with great narration!

This book has a lot of ups and downs but it wraps up nicely. its a real breath of fresh air in the gay romantic space, not letting itself get dragged down with stupid criteria check marks that a lot of publishers seem to mandate in all gay books nowadays. just a great story with a great romance, funny and charming. loved it, and the narrator was really good too, will have to keep an eye out for more of his work.

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Engaging, Charismatc, and A Solid Good Read

The characters were relatable and witty, the story was engaging and exciting with its ups and downs and overall had a great plot. No character was perfect- but they all were awesome in their own right. This book had me hooked from the very start and got me out of a 5 or 6 yr reading slump.

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