Title: Silk Monsoon
Series: The Threads of the Storm #1
Author: Jamie Broxson
Genre: Historical/Timeless Dreams
Length: Novella (108 pages)
ISBN: 978-1-62798-624-3
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (April 9th, 2014)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 4 Hearts
Reviewer: Cat
Blurb: When Maxwell Trifton learns his father is dying, he sails to India to assume his duties as heir to the Trifton Silk legacy. Having spent his youth in London, he has forgotten the ways of the exotic land, and he’s never had a chance to learn his role. While helping Maxwell learn the ropes, Jake Graeme, factory supervisor and son of a wealthy investor, also shows him a side of India he’s never known. Mysterious yet down to earth, Jake intrigues Maxwell. Likewise, despite Jake’s intentions, his attraction to Maxwell is unstoppable. Soon, the two are caught up in a passionate affair. But Trifton Silk harbors hidden treachery, and when Maxwell’s father dies, Maxwell and Jake face a dangerous foe. They must fight for all they’re worth to save the Trifton legacy—and to hold onto their chance at happily ever after.
A Timeless Dreams title: While reaction to same-sex relationships throughout time and across cultures has not always been positive, these stories celebrate M/M love in a manner that may address, minimize, or ignore historical stigma.
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Review: Maxwell returns to India when he receives word his father is dying, to take over the family business. They produce some of the finest silks. Max has been living in England with relatives since he was 15 and his sister died. His parents sent him there so he wouldn’t contract the disease and die as well. He has gotten engaged to a lovely socialite woman. He always knew someday he would return to take over the legacy but wasn’t prepared for it to happen so soon.
Jake is the son of a wealthy general, but has bent sent away after he disgraced the family name. Max’s father took him in to give him a chance to rebuild his life. Max has never met someone like Jake that is so free. Max finds that Jake awakens many feelings he didn’t know he had and that he is afraid he cannot act upon.
There are many secrets that abound, and many twists and turns.
I loved this story. It is set abroad and also in the past in a time when homosexuality could get you killed. I loved learning some of the Indian customs and would have liked even more on the business side of how the cocoons came to the mulberry bushes and the silk was made.
I found the story beautiful, sensual and a little sweetness in the family closeness that helped balance the dark secrets.
It’s a great story and I can’t wait for the next in the series. The sexual relationship between Jake and Max was not only, sensual but also smoking hot!
If you like historical romance, other countries, different cultures, mystery, secrets, and some hot man-sex you will really like this.