This bundle contains two gay romance novellas set in Regency England and written by Percy Popham. Providence & Propriety Barnaby Tibbers wants nothing more than to write his stories in peace. His parents, greatly troubled by his apparent lack of true ambition, believe marriage will be just the thing to spur him toward becoming a respectable gentleman. But when Mr. and Mrs. Tibbers endeavor to fix a marriage between their son and the rich, beautiful Isabel De La Rosa, Barnaby finds himself frightfully captivated by her older brother, Joaquin. A serendipitous accident forces Barnaby and Joaquin to take their acquaintance further, and they discover that, although they are dissimilar in so many ways, they share a foundational yearning: to love and to be loved in their own way. But society has no place or patience for men like them. As the pressure to offer a marriage proposal to Isabel builds, Barnaby and Joaquin will have to defy providence and propriety or submit to its dictates. The Officer & The Dandy Wellesley Spanks and Charles Thistewayt shared a single, brief kiss in their youth before Charles abruptly left to join the navy, leaving them both broken-hearted. After six years of indulgence in the underground gay scene of Victorian London, Wellesley is now a flamboyant veteran of carnal pursuits, having nearly forgotten his boyhood love. But when the Spanks family receive an invitation to a ball in Charles' honor upon his return from sea, Wellesley cannot avoid a return to his erstwhile obsession over the man now known as Lieutenant Thistlewayt. Wellesley is determined appear unaffected. But when the day of the ball comes, their reunion will lead them to an experience that neither of them thought possible. (This book contains adult themes, including explicit sexual content.)
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