The Scottish Boy

De: Alex de Campi

Narrado por: Richard Pearce

Duración: 15 h y 50 m

Resumen del Editor

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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An incredible listen.

This is one of the better “knights in shining armor” books I have listened to and perhaps one of the best M/M books ever. Hats off to Alex Di Campi for writing an amazing medieval historical fiction filled with intrigue, political high drama, and everything else that goes with it. Then within this excellent story, not being afraid to explore the love and passion of the two main characters. Alex wrote them so beautifully and no part of their relationship and how it came to be felt rushed or unbelievable. And boy did they come together…the sex scenes are written very passionately but not unrealistic.
This story, and the relationship of our heroes takes a very winding road so fasten your seatbelt because you are in for a range of emotions.
Thank you to Richard Pearce whose narration was spot on for every character. And there were many throughout this epic journey of a novel with long stays in Devon, London, France and Scotland. The voices were awesome, the passion was there for each person and the accents perceptible. Terrific job.

✨ enemies to lovers ✨

extra spicy but actually a well written story that had me hooked. little dash of polyamory in there too.

Fantastic Writing and Outstanding Performance

This book without a doubt is the best book I have listened in the last couple. And I am sure will be listening to it again soon; as don't want to let go of the characters and their lives.

It kept me invested, intrigued and enthralled from the beginning until the very end .

The performance was outstanding.

Wow, just wow...

I read a lot of books (over 800 in my Audible library), though rarely write reviews (I miss when you could just rate the books). Here's an exception though...I love historical fiction, I like gay-themed stories, the combination here was just outstanding. The fantastic story, and the beautiful writing coupled with excellent narration really caught me up, I could have listened to this story go on for another 30 hours! Excellent characters, interesting theme, political intrigue, battles, true love, in all a really really great story...aargh, I'm just sorry it's finished because I have no idea where to go now that will satisfy me in the same way. Anyway, give it a shot, this was well worth the credit.

Raw. Real. Amazing.

This is honestly one of the best books I’ve ever read (listened to?). Most of these types of books are little more than glorified fan fiction but this…wow. I was shocked at how it did not attempt to soften the horrors of war. At how violent it could be at times. At how passionate the relationships are. The characters feel real, and the author follows the historical setting closely enough that the characters seem like they could be actual, feasible people. And the reader! An absolutely stunning performance to bring the story to life. He manages to have a different voice for each character without it ever feeling forced or strained. I cannot recommend this story enough!

character development

i throughly enjoyed it, great story and hot sex
historical fiction is very interesting and detailed

Absolutely astounding!

I’ve got over 60 audiobooks under my belt in this app and I’ve left reviews for only a few. What an a absolute pleasant surprise. On the surface one might call this your “typical” MM romance (with the abundant and very descriptive sex scenes), however it was so much more. The story is phenomenal, steeped in history, the main characters very much well developed, and the pacing riveting. Now, I did notice some similarities to certain famous movies/tv shows that take place during the same time period, but it was mostly just amusing to listen to and fun to recall where I’ve heard certain things before. But as a whole, this is an absolutely refreshing and unique tale that quite honestly had me on the edge of my seat most nights. There were times when I thought certain scenes might veer towards cliche moments, only to leave me breathless when it went in a completely different direction!
The narration was excellent! Richard Pearce contorting his voice for all those characters made the immersion all the more complete. Bravo! 10/10 would recommend. Let’s get this story more reviews and downloads so we can get more like it!

So entertaining I didn’t want it to end!!

The narrator is absolutely brilliant!! The story captured my heart. It’s a fresh, engrossing, powerful romance beset among historical adventure and high political intrigue. Ticked all my boxes, and others I didn’t know I had! I certainly intend to follow both the author and the narrator, especially in the hope that they pair up again.

Glad this is finally an audiobook

I found the story many years ago in a completely different format, when the book was published I bought it as quickly as possible and hard back, and now that I’m finding an audiobook it’s really interesting to feel it coming full circle

The story itself is almost difficult to emotionally Bob and weave through but it’s all worth it in the end, because the adventure is pretty stellar

Love this book!

I loved this book! It’s so enchanting. This book is so well written; it just draws you in and keeps you riveted. It’s the only book that I’ve wanted to reread immediately after finishing. Just loved it….