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Book Blurb

Graham Hawk plays at emotions and never gets close to anyone but his best friend, Colin Spencer. Together they treat love like a sport.

Colin loves Graham. He plays along with whatever game Graham devises. One night they make love only to each other. Graham feels something afterward, but brushes it off. When he’s invited to Hawksfell Manor, Colin joins him. It will be a game to see how many servants they can take. Neither of them talk about their night together.

Lily D’ursey is lady’s maid to the Countess of Hawksfell. Her previous employer sexually assaulted her, but in return for her silence he wrote her a glowing recommendation. Graham wants to play with Lily. She succumbs to him and Colin, first with her body and then with her heart.

Can Graham learn to play the game for real? Or will he lose the two people he’s come to love?

Book Review

This fifth book in the ‘Lords of Hawksfell Manor’ series presents the Hawk curse and history in a cursory fashion leading me to suggest that reading the previous books would provide more in-depth understanding of this rather outstanding bit of family lore. However, this book can be thoroughly enjoyed as a full course meal from an epicurean perspective via a tempestuous and loving consummation. In other words, this is one hot, lovely read!

Graham Hawk, Viscount Weston is introduced to us as another lost Hawk gent possibly in need of a Hawksfell Manor redemption. Soon after his arrival at the manor, Graham is more or less overwhelmed by Hawk relatives gushingly happy and possibly ‘curse-free’. Poor lad, he is confused, but family, friends, and lovers may help him see the light!

Colin Spencer has been Graham’s close friend and gallivanting companion since school. Colin also has some insatiable appetites for women and men nearly matching his friend’s voracity. After Graham receives the classic invitation from Hawksfell Manor to come and stay for as long as he wishes, Colin finds himself possibly drawn into what might become one of Graham’s dangerous games as he accepts Grahams request that he join him. These fellows are in for an extraordinary time that they couldn’t possibly have imagined. I was very taken with Colin and the delicious naughty fun and games to come!

Lily D’ursey is her ladyship’s maid at Hawksfell Manor. She has courageously converted a scarring experience at her previous employer’s hands into a fine position that she treasures. Both Graham and Colin are quite smitten with Lily at first sight. She blossoms before our very eyes and works some real magic upon the ribald pals. Magnificent!

I just adore the saucy doings in Yorkshire, England during a tempestuous 1912. The retelling of the centerpiece story through five renderings is always a romp, a hoot, and a laudatory sexy lark. Each story can be savored on its own, but read in their designated order, it is a sumptuous feast for heart and loins. I recommend them all, but I doff my cap to Graham’s Game!

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novella, 25666 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	10-April-2013
Price	$4.99 ebook
Buy Link	http://www.bookstrand.com/grahams-game