Reviewed by True
TITLE: Repentance and Absolution
SERIES: Northern Horizons #2
AUTHOR: AE Lister
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 295 pages
RELEASE DATE: November 15, 2022
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You can’ t take back your sins. You can only hope for forgiveness.
Jimmy Downing traveled seven hundred sixty difficult and dangerous miles to bring Oscar Yates to Port Essington to find his uncle. When Jimmy saw the abandoned homestead Oscar had inherited, he envisioned a future for them there, as long as they could keep the true nature of their relationship a secret. But once the initial work is complete and they have a cozy living space and a stable for the livestock, Oscar and Jimmy face a long winter dealing with thoughts that have time and space to plague them.
Jimmy suffers nightmares of dark deeds committed in his past, while Oscar deals with trauma from his time in Dawson and his mistreatment at the hands of Spook. A new horse provides a distraction for Oscar and leads to new friendships and a break from their solitary existence, but a dangerous encounter exposes surprising truths about their nearest neighbors and a sense that their lives are being guided by forces outside their control.
REVIEW:
A beautifully written historical romance settled in early 1900.
I didn’t read 760 Miles and know I missed out, but luckily this story was good to manage without reading the previous one.
Oscar and Jimmy arrived at Oscar’s deceased uncle’s house in Port Essington. They try to rebuild the house to their likes.
They have to keep their true relationship hidden in town, and can’t get affectionate, they have to act as buddies. But inside their house is warmth and so much love to find. They find solace in each other arms.
They have few demands and life is good enough with each other and their home.
Jimmy, the kind affectionate man he is, is a thinker, suffering nightmares about his past, Oscar is sweet, saucy, and just as affectionate, emotional, and pure, Jimmy will do everything to make Oscar happy. The boy is already traumatized by other men’s hands. First, Jimmy wants to buy Oscar a horse.
And only a horse ride away, live some precious neighbors, you’ll love them!!
It’s not all roses and sunshine, just like with every other couple, but it’s all natural. Oscar has to process what he’s been through and Jimmy has so many regrets about his past.
Together they are fun and so kind and sweet, they are happy with each other, their little house and their animals and they even made some good friends. They made me smile so hard, it was everything!
It felt all convincing and authentic, the whole scenery, the wild-life, the language, as if I was watching a western, all plausible af.
I’m so lucky to have the opportunity to read this story! It’s an amazingly written breathtakingly, heartwarming story, hugely entertaining, and with ALL the feels.
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