[Book Review]: SUCH A DANCE by Kate McMurray (Lyrical Press)
Continuing the trend of unusual historical romance, I decided to review Such a Dance by Kate McMurray, which is a fabulous LGBT book set in the 1920s prohibition era.
Blurb:
When a vaudeville dancer meets a sexy mobster in a speakeasy for men, the sparks fly, the gin flows, the jazz sizzles—and the heat is on…
New York City, 1927.
Eddie Cotton is a talented song-and-dance man with a sassy sidekick, a crowd-pleasing act, and a promising future on Broadway. What he doesn't have is someone to love. Being gay in an era of prohibition and police raids, Eddie doesn't have many opportunities to meet men like himself—until he discovers a hot new jazz club for gentlemen of a certain bent...and sets eyes on the most seductive, and dangerous, man he’s ever seen.
Lane Carillo is a handsome young Sicilian who looks like Valentino—and works for the Mob. He’s never hidden his sexuality from his boss, which is why he was chosen to run a private night club for men. When Lane spots Eddie at the bar, it’s lust at first sight. Soon, the unlikely pair are falling hard and fast—in love. But when their whirlwind romance starts raising eyebrows all across town, Lane and Eddie have to decide if their relationship is doomed…or something special worth fighting for.
Here's my review:
O.M.G can I even tell you how much I loved this one? I am so mad at myself for taking so long to review it. The author paints the world, the characters, and the setting of the 1920s so very well it feels like you've stepped back in time. All of the characters we well-rounded and I liked that you got a clear idea of how they were all changing, growing and being affected by what was happening around them. I was rooting for Eddie and Lane from early on, knowing they would work through everything but still holding my breath to see just how.
With so much threatening them from the outside, and Eddie's own emotional turmoil threatening them from within, it was sometimes a wonder that this would have the HEA ending we know is coming.
Kate McMurray wrote a fantastic book and I look forward to her next one.
Five prohibited glasses of wine!
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