RELEASE DAY REVIEW: 'Noble Intentions' by Andrew Grey
Title: Noble Intentions
Author: Andrew Grey
Published: December 12, 2016
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: L.C. Chase
Genre: Erotic Romance; Contemporary Romance
Length: 200 Pages
Tags: Gay; M/M; HEA
About Noble Intentions
Robert Ashton is in for the surprise of a lifetime. His mother, a bit of a rebel, raised him away from the rest of the family, and it’s not until he’s contacted by his lawyer about an inheritance that he learns who he truly is: the new Earl of Hantford. His legacy includes ownership of the historic Ashton Park Estate—which needs repairs Robert cannot afford. He’ll simply do what the nobility has done for centuries when in need of money. He’ll marry it.
Tech wizard Daniel Fabian is wealthy and successful. In fact, he has almost everything—except a title to make him worthy in the eyes of the old-money snobs he went to prep school with. His high school reunion is looming, and he’s determined to attend it as a member of the aristocracy.
That’s where Robert comes in.
Daniel has the money, Robert has the name, and both of them know they can help each other out. But their marriage of convenience has the potential to become a real love match—unless a threat to Daniel’s business ruins everything.
4 HEART READ
REVIEW: I wondered why Andrew Grey's tidy little novel Noble Intentions charmed me so completely. Light and easy reads rarely capture my fancy. Yet....
....this modern-day fable got ahold of me and snuggled deep inside!
Robert, a barrister, is bequeathed an Earldom, along with two decrepit properties, a ton of inheritance taxes, and no means to dig his way out of the mess. His mom, who neglected to tell him she'd been disowned from the Peerage, suggests he marry a rich boy.
Daniel, a self-made American millionaire, once attended elite preparatory school on scholarship. Despite earned success, his wealthy "chums" have shown no respect. It seems good business to accept the title of “Count,” in exchange for his acumen.
Except the men's professional relationship is threatened by their growing attraction. And it’s not wise to mix business and pleasure.
Robert and Daniel have lived on pragmatism over emotion. Now their magnetism forces them to revisit their values, pushed along by a prototypical cast of familiar family and assistants.
Grey uses crisp, sparse phrasing. His characters demonstrate a masculine tendency to problem-solve, rather than indulge desires. And he pairs a highly romantic theme with unsentimental, personally insecure men, for whom hard work protects vulnerable hearts.
And thus, Noble Intentions inverts cliché, turning "Cinderella" on its gender-head. The result is an old pair of flannel pajamas on a cold winter night, topped off with a mug of hot chocolate with mini marshmallows floating on top.
An advanced review copy of Noble Intentions was provided to Kimmers’ Erotic Book Banter, by the Dreamspinner Press, in exchange for our fair and honest opinion.
Andrew Grey is the author of nearly 100 works of Contemporary Gay Romantic fiction. After 27 years in corporate America, he has now settled down in Central Pennsylvania with his husband Dominic and his laptop. An interesting ménage. Andrew grew up in western Michigan with a father who loved to tell stories and a mother who loved to read them. Since then he has lived throughout the country and traveled throughout the world. He has a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and now writes full time. Andrew’s hobbies include collecting antiques, gardening, and leaving his dirty dishes anywhere but in the sink (particularly when writing) He considers himself blessed with an accepting family, fantastic friends, and the world’s most supportive and loving partner. Andrew currently lives in beautiful, historic Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
