The Scottish Boy

De: Alex de Campi

Narrado por: Richard Pearce

1333. Edward III is at war with Scotland. Nineteen-year-old Sir Harry de Lyon yearns to prove himself and jumps at the chance when a powerful English baron, William Montagu, invites him on a secret mission with a dozen elite knights.

They ride north, to a crumbling Scottish keep, capturing a feral, half-starved boy within and putting the other inhabitants to the sword.

But nobody knows why the flower of English knighthood snuck over the border to capture a savage, dirty teenage boy. Montagu gives the boy to Harry as his squire, with only two rules: don't let him escape, and convert him to the English cause.

At first, it's hopeless. The Scottish boy is surly and violent and eats anything that isn't nailed down. Then Harry begins to notice things: that, as well as Gaelic, the boy speaks flawless French, with an accent much different from Harry's Norman one. That he can read Latin too. And when Harry finally convinces the boy – Iain mac Maíl Coluim – to cut his filthy curtain of hair, the face revealed is the most beautiful thing Harry has ever seen.

With Iain as his squire, Harry wins tournament after tournament and becomes a favourite of the King. But underneath the pageantry smoulder twin secrets: Harry and Iain's growing passion for each other, and Iain's mysterious heritage. As England hurtles towards war once again, these secrets will destroy everything Harry holds dear.

A sexy, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers historical romance, Alex De Campi delivers a steamy but tender love story. "Brokeback Mountain" meets "50 Shades of Grey" set again the vivid backdrop of Medieval Britain. Perfect for fans of Madeline Miller's Song of Achilles, the novels of C. S. Pacat, and K.J. Charles.

This novel contains explicit sexual content and adult themes.

Alex de Campi is a thriller writer with an extensive backlist of critically-acclaimed prose and graphic novels including Eisner-nominated heist noir Bad Girls (Simon & Schuster). Her most recent books were pulp horror graphic novel Dracula, Motherf**ker (Image Comics), sci-fi thriller Madi: Once Upon A Time in the Future co-written with Duncan Jones (Z2 Comics), and True War Stories, an anthology of soldiers’ deployment tales. She is on most social media as @alexdecampi.

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Absolutely astounding!

I’ve got over 60 audiobooks under my belt in this app and I’ve left reviews for only a few. What an a absolute pleasant surprise. On the surface one might call this your “typical” MM romance (with the abundant and very descriptive sex scenes), however it was so much more. The story is phenomenal, steeped in history, the main characters very much well developed, and the pacing riveting. Now, I did notice some similarities to certain famous movies/tv shows that take place during the same time period, but it was mostly just amusing to listen to and fun to recall where I’ve heard certain things before. But as a whole, this is an absolutely refreshing and unique tale that quite honestly had me on the edge of my seat most nights. There were times when I thought certain scenes might veer towards cliche moments, only to leave me breathless when it went in a completely different direction!
The narration was excellent! Richard Pearce contorting his voice for all those characters made the immersion all the more complete. Bravo! 10/10 would recommend. Let’s get this story more reviews and downloads so we can get more like it!

So entertaining I didn’t want it to end!!

The narrator is absolutely brilliant!! The story captured my heart. It’s a fresh, engrossing, powerful romance beset among historical adventure and high political intrigue. Ticked all my boxes, and others I didn’t know I had! I certainly intend to follow both the author and the narrator, especially in the hope that they pair up again.

Glad this is finally an audiobook

I found the story many years ago in a completely different format, when the book was published I bought it as quickly as possible and hard back, and now that I’m finding an audiobook it’s really interesting to feel it coming full circle

The story itself is almost difficult to emotionally Bob and weave through but it’s all worth it in the end, because the adventure is pretty stellar

Love this book!

I loved this book! It’s so enchanting. This book is so well written; it just draws you in and keeps you riveted. It’s the only book that I’ve wanted to reread immediately after finishing. Just loved it….

Great book!

The author did such an amazing job of capturing heartbreak. Great story and will listen to again

Fast to pick up, hard to put down

Great performance. And great story. I just wish the character of Elise was developed more.

Soooooo good!!

I will definitely listen to this again in the future! I really liked the main characters, and their love for each other was beautiful. Such a good and interesting story!

Truly an EPIC

This story is so much - the growth of characters and depth of love and devotion over years is truly something. Haven’t cried this much in a while! Highly recommend for a truly epic love story.

A surprise

A super happy and sobbing one. What a beautiful romance, and the setting so well done.

Well written, entertaining and sexy

This well written, entertaining novel has a beautiful romance, great sex, battle action and royal intrigue. The narrator does a wonderful job bringing the talented authors words to life.