S.E.X. Review~ The Lion and The Crow by Eli Easton

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.

A wonderfully written dark historical story, The Lion and The Crow by Eli Easton was vested in a time of turbulence and war; dank and dark. Two knights crossed paths, sent on a mission of possible no return, and fell in lust with each other.

Sir William was rough around the edges. Sir Christian was more gentle with a hidden tough streak. Together the men found comfort in each other and survived a mission of unimaginable success. I adored both characters; their passion and tenacity, and their love of country and each other.

Easton delivered an impossible story with a plausible solutions. I cheered for the men who found forbidden love. I roared at the atrocities they endured, And I grieved for their loss.

Beautifully written with only one possible outcome, my HEA came with a price, but to have written another ending would not have done credence to medieval England.

Ms. Easton, I was moved and reduced to tears.

Definite S.E.X.

A five handcuff review

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