RELEASE DAY REVIEW: 'The Station' by Keira Andrews
Title: The Station
Author: Keira Andrews
Published: January 18, 2018 - 2nd Edition
Publisher: Self-Published/KA Books Cover Artist: Dar Albert/Wicked Smart Designs
Genre: Historical Romance; Historical Fiction; Erotic Romance
Length: 188 Pages
Tags: Gay; M/M; Western/Cowboys; Coming of Age; First Time; Virgin; Forbidden Love; HEA; CW: Violence, Sexual Assault, Kidnapping
About The Station
Two men exiled to an untamed land must capture love.
Ever since Cambridge-bound Colin Lancaster spied on stable master Patrick Callahan mastering another man, he’s longed for Patrick to do the same to him. When Patrick is caught with his pants down and threatened with death for his crime, Colin speaks up in his defense and confesses his own sinful nature. They’re soon banished to the faraway prison colony of Australia.
Patrick never asked for Colin’s help, and now he’s stuck with the pampered fool. While it’s true that being transported to Australia is a far cry from the luxury Colin is accustomed to, he’s determined to make the best of it and prove himself. Although Patrick learned long ago that love is a fairy tale, he’s inexorably drawn to sweet, optimistic Colin.
From the miserable depths of a prison ship to the vast, untamed Australian outback, Colin and Patrick must rely on each other. Danger lurks everywhere, and when they unexpectedly get the chance to escape to a new life as cowboys, they’ll need each other more than ever.
This historical gay romance from Keira Andrews features an age difference, an eager virgin, hurt/comfort, and of course a happy ending.
Previously released with Loose ID, LLC October 5, 2010
5 HEART READ
REVIEW:
I’ve been on quite a historical kick lately so Keira Andrews’ re-release of The Station could not have come at a better time.
Andrews does an amazing job illustrating this era and really brings the past to life.
The Station is the tale of Colin Lancaster, thirteen years old at the story’s start, growing up in an upper-class English family in the 1840’s. Colin feels trapped and grows increasingly miserable as he tries to fulfill his family’s expectations. He spends his free time daydreaming about what life might hold for him if he only had the courage to stand up and embrace his desires.
Patrick Callahan, nine years Colin’s senior, is a groom on the family estate who captures Colin’s attention over the next six years, and sparks his fantasies to life. When the men are both convicted of “attempted buggery” they are sentenced to carry out their time in the penal colony of Australia.
Keira Andrews’ writing is beautifully descriptive as she sets up the scene and paints a vivid picture of their experiences. They face deplorable conditions, near fatal illness, and a ship full of repellent convicts before they even reach the foreign world. Then the trek to their ultimate destination, the Station, begins in earnest. The hardships these folks have to endure must have been close to unbearable.
The secondary characters Colin and Patrick meet are wonderful, and their stories are just as fascinating. As the group makes their way across the harsh Australian countryside they have to trust each other if they’re going to survive. Colin faces everything that’s thrown at him and embraces his new life, becoming the man he dreamed he’d be.
There is not one aspect of this novel that’s predictable, and I was on the edge of my seat wondering how (and if) it was all going to work out.
Of course this is a love story, and I can always count on Keira Andrews to deliver a scorching hot romance. As the tale is told from Colin’s perspective we can only know Patrick’s intention second hand, but based on their sexual chemistry Colin keeps up his hope for more. These two are on fire when they get together, and the way Patrick educates virginal Colin in physical pleasure is a hundred different kinds of fantastic. It’s worth reading the book for the romance alone.
The Station is a fantastic novel. If you want to lose yourself completely in a story with interesting characters and a sizzling romance, then I strongly recommend this epic journey by Keira Andrews.
A copy of The Station was provided to Kimmers’ Erotic Book Banter, by Signal Boost Promotions, at no cost and with no expectations in return. We offer our fair and honest opinion on behalf of our readers.
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Meet the Author
After writing for years yet never really finding the right inspiration, Keira discovered her voice in gay romance, which has become a passion. She writes contemporary, historical, fantasy, and paranormal fiction and — although she loves delicious angst along the way — Keira firmly believes in happy endings. For as Oscar Wilde once said:
“The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.”
For more titles from Keira be sure and visit her website!
