Title: The Impetuous Afflictions of Jonathan Wolfe
Series: The Auspicious Troubles of Love: Book Two
Author: Charlie Cochet
Genre: Historical
Length: Novel (204 pages)
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (November 8th, 2013)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥4Hearts
Blurb: Eight years after leaving the deserts of Africa and the French Foreign Legion behind, Jonathan Wolfe has settled into life at Hawthorne Manor in the English countryside. Johnnie helps his adopted family run the manor and provide a safe, loving home for a new generation of “brats”: boys mistreated and discarded for their homosexuality—something all too familiar to Johnnie.
Although no longer an unruly youngster, Johnnie is as stubborn, foul-mouthed, and troublesome as ever. His recent rash behavior becomes a concern for those closest to him, especially Dr. Henry Young, the only man ever to capture Johnnie’s heart. Instead of soothing him, their closeness brings Johnnie’s insecurities from an unsettling past to the surface, and leads to an explosive situation that threatens to tear them apart. Then Henry’s past catches up to them….
Product Link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4363
Reviewer: GiGi
Review: This is not exactly an accurate historical, and yes it’s about a group of gay men who take in gay orphans who have been abused and create a protective gay bubble for everyone to live in. Not very realistic for industrial revolution England. Just accept it and move on, because I loved everything else!
I enjoyed the interactions between the characters. I and I had the intended love/hate relationship with Johnnie, and his angst-filled ways. I loved to hate him and was rooting for him in the same minute! And don’t get me started on Chance! The drama that occurs when you really love someone, not as a lover but as a friend, and they keep making stupid decisions that you have to confront…it’s powerful in this story. Chance, Jacky, and Henry all have to make decisions regarding Johnnie…just what will the responsible one be?
I missed the first book in this series and will be hunting for it and downloading it very soon, for certain!