The Duke's Husband by Mychael Black & Shayne Carmichael

[reviews_and_ramblings]

Like an old classic novel, Dev and Jay are young and beautiful and their love is written on the stars, but the world is against them... and not because Jay is a Duke and rich and Dev is from the middel class and only of average wealth, and not becuase Jay is almost thirty and Dev is only nineteen, and not because Jay is a little snob and Dev dislike all the glamour... but becuase Jay and Dev are both men. So the only thing they have in common is also the one that could be tear them apart!

Jay's mother wants that her son marries a good and rich girl and gives her nephews and nieces. But Jay has eyes only for Dev, from the first moment he spots him in his house. And when you are rich and young everything is possible. So Jay, when Dev leaves after some week of young and perfect love, follows him to America and asks him to marry. They fly in Canada and get married. But the old family house of Dev they choose as home is haunted and someone doesn't want for them to stay together...

A very interesting story, born as a romantic comedy and ended like a suspence thriller. For my romantic side in everything, I have liked more the romantic comedy part: the young american who wants to stay "virgin" till he will meet the man of his life... and the debauched duke who agrees to only have some heavy petting for the privilege to be with him... it's like an old movie with rock hudson and doris day (and the choice of rock hudson is not a random pick...)

An unusual book in the Phaze catalouge who lately seems to have some very interesting authors among them.

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Comments

[mychael-black2.livejournal.com]

*grins* Thanks for the review, hun!

[sydmcginley.livejournal.com]

I love Myc's work. (And Myc!)
I'm saving this book as a treat for the weekend. I have it in my "special" folder.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

a Duke called Jay?

Lord Osmond, perhaps?

I really wish people would get the names right!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

The full name is is Jayson Alistair George Wharton, Duke of Wharton. And the book is contemporary. Is it a right name in this case?

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

In this period I have a lot of thought and trouble and it takes me two night to finish it... usually a book like that I finish in one night to know how it finish

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

You have written a tale I have liked very much... I like the romanticism! elisa

[mychael-black2.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :)

It's a bit different from our usual fare in its focus on romance rather than sex, but it was a bit refreshing to write for a change.

[mychael-black2.livejournal.com]

Thanks, hun. :)

[sl-carmichael.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the review, elisa. Really appreciate it.

And yes, that is Jay's full name. The title is also a play on all of those het romances with the title ad nauseum. The Duke's ----, The Earl's---, etc. Definitely contemporary. If I could have written it as historical, I would have. Unfortunately, there were no Georgian Dukes' husbands. Damn pity.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

> I could have written it as historical, I would have. Unfortunately, there were no Georgian Dukes' husbands. Damn pity.

yeah, pity. Some georgian or regency could be a lot more interesting as they are. elisa

[sl-carmichael.livejournal.com]

I have to agree on that point. *L* We incorporated quite a bit of that historical het formula in the earlier part of the book.

I wonder if I did write a historical like that, how could I get away with it? It'd have to be on a fantasy earth, methinks. Of course we could do an alternate timeline type deal. *shoots the plot bunny*

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Like My Fair Captain by J.L. Langley. Did you read that book?

[sl-carmichael.livejournal.com]

No, I didn't. Somebody did do an alternate timeline? Hmmm, perhaps I should consider an alternate timeline Georgian.

I remember reading a book a long time ago. Don't recall the name. A young girl's diary that followed the line that Princess Charlotte never died. It was written as if it were a real diary, and in the end, the young writer's ramblings were attributed to addiction to laudanaum. It was a fascinating book.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

In My Fair Captain (you can find my pill review under J.L. Langley tag) she imagine a futurist regengy planet where men has managed to procreate only sons (mixing the DNA of the two fathers) and men can't have sex until they will marry. It's very funny, like all the book by J.L. Langley. elisa

[sl-carmichael.livejournal.com]

Actually, that's quite interesting. I had considered using Ormond at first, but rejected it because it was too close to Osmond. Didn't want people thinking Donny Osmond. Heh.

[sl-carmichael.livejournal.com]

*puts that on the TBR list* Thanks for the recommend on it.

[sydmcginley.livejournal.com]

wow! I loved this book. As a Brit living in America both sides felt right. And Jay as a modern duke was very believable. I really liked the twist the book took once they settled in America -- I won't spoil it, but it was a surprise and cool.

[sydmcginley.livejournal.com]

Please do!
I love georgian and m/m and Alternate reality.

I love when you and Myc write together.

[mychael-black2.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D I often worried what Brits would have to say, to be honest. LOL

[mychael-black2.livejournal.com]

Aww...*grins* Thank ya. :)