BLURB: Secret agents, forbidden love, danger, and magic!
Supernatural Secret Service agents Owen Sharps and Calvin Springfield meet on the train to their new assignment in St. Louis, and sparks fly between them. But it's 1897, and they need to be very careful—falling in love can be dangerous for men like them.
It's their first case together, investigating mysterious disappearances—including the two agents who preceded them. Grim evidence leads them to look for a darker purpose. Old ghosts haunt the railroad line, zombie rise, signs point to ritual sacrifice, and they suspect someone is trying to open the gates of hell.
Can Calvin and Owen stop the mayhem, thwart the vampires, and find true love, or will everything go up in smoke?
Peacemaker is a high-stakes steampunk MM romance thrill ride filled with found family, paranormal Pinkertons, intrepid reporters, mysterious disappearances, nefarious land brokers, hellhounds, zombies, vengeful spirits, dark spells, absinthe magic, a ruthless vampire railroad baron and a love that won't be denied.
Before Colt and Winchester, there was Sharps & Springfield!
Peacemaker is the first book in the new Sharps & Springfield series.
My Review: I've always been a bit dubious about historical M/M books since a lot of the time they 'fudge' the romance angle or set it in an alternate universe where it's okay to be gay. However when I was offered a chance to listen to this one I was intrigued enough to give it a go, especially as the narrator is one of my favourites.
This is written by a new to me author and they have kept very much to the reality of being gay in the 1890s. I loved listening to John narrate the story of two men who are conflicted about revealing such a private and potentially dangerous fact about themselves. This story is told from a dual point of view with one chapter following Own then another following Calvin so the listener gets a good grounding into both of the characters.
I don't want to give away any major plot points but you really need to listen to this one if you like Wild West stories mixed with supernatural elements and spiced up by mystery and romance. Personally I am going to go hunting for more by this author as they have a wonderful way of describing events and still keeping true to the realities of the times, even with the fantastical thrown in.
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