The Lion and the Crow

By: Eli Easton

Narrated by: Scott Richard Ehredt

In medieval England, duty is everything, personal honor is more valued than life itself, and homosexuality is not tolerated by the church or society.

Sir Christian Brandon was raised in a household where he was hated for his unusual beauty and for his parentage. Being smaller than his six brutish half-brothers, he learned to survive by using his wits and his gift for strategy, earning him the nickname the Crow.

Sir William Corbett, a large and fierce warrior known as the Lion, has pushed his unnatural desires down all his life. He's determined to live up to his own ideal of a gallant knight. When he takes up a quest to rescue his sister from her abusive lord of a husband, he's forced to enlist the help of Sir Christian. It's a partnership that will test every strand of his moral fiber, and, eventually, his understanding of the meaning of duty, honor, and love.

©2015 Eli Easton (P)2015 Dreamspinner Press

WOW! Unpredictably delightful!

First off the reader gives this story and it's character brilliant life. The resonance and authority of his tone and diction gives this tale depth and settles the listener into it's rich historical context. The writer reveals the story and desire slowly and with great precision, that you feel the characters emotional life. The entire story is honest and true from the first chapter to the end. The sexual encounter of the characters is some of the most erotic I have ever read or heard. Beautiful, foreboding, hesitant, and lustfully sensual; the reader delivers with great deliberation and defiance painting it with vivid nuance, that I was filled with such delight and had to go back and listen to it that chapter again, to be sure I had grasped the poetic beauty of what I had just heard.

Scott Richard Ehredt is PERFECT

Any additional comments?

I will admit I was hesitant for this audio book - not only because it's a historical romance, which can be an iffy thing when dealing with M/M unless it's AU, but because when I listened to the sample the narrator, Scott Richard Ehredt, sounded like a stuffy old British guy who would bore me to death. God, was I wrong!

Scott Richard Ehredt is PERFECT. He blew me away. Seriously...Blew. Me. Away.

The characters and time (late 1200's to early 1300's) are beautifully, and even lovingly, portrayed. The only thing I didn't love about this was the ending (even though it totally fits). The ending killed me. I hated the ending. I wish someone had warned me.

RECOMMENDED!

I really liked this one...

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I have not found many gay love stories is written in this era and I found the author did a grand job of making a story that was like walking into the past. It'll catch you...I had to wade thru some boggy beginnings, but as this author unfolds the lives of these characters, it got better and I'm glad I heard it...I didn't return it.

Didn't Disappoint

If you could sum up The Lion and the Crow in three words, what would they be?

Intelligent, Sexy, Engaging

What other book might you compare The Lion and the Crow to and why?

I haven't read anything like this in the romance genre before!

Which character – as performed by Scott Richard Ehredt – was your favorite?

I liked William the best. I thought Christian acted a little foolish at times.

Any additional comments?

I've been a fan of the author for 20 years but haven't read any of her romance books. This didn't disappoint. She brings intelligence and good writing to the m/m romance genre. The historical setting feels authentic. It was hard to 'put down', I almost read it in one setting but had to sleep! It'll take me a while to get the scene at the river out of my head ;) Looking forward to reading some of her other titles. My only criticism is that I think it should have ended when they go to the castle in Scotland, but mostly because I like happy endings and would like to picture them living 'happily ever after'.

Knights in love!

This was a sweet story that satisfied both the romantic and the medieval times lover in me. Well written and with well developed characterization. The narration was superb!