John Bridly has been
enamored with Paul Duvant, son a of a rich American merchant, since the
moment he laid eyes on him. But though the love proves mutual, John is a
marquess, second son of a duke, and as such has a duty to his family.
When Paul has to return to his homeland, John’s duty forbids him from following Paul, and the lovers part ways. One year later, John finds a mysterious diary, dated from the last century…
When Paul has to return to his homeland, John’s duty forbids him from following Paul, and the lovers part ways. One year later, John finds a mysterious diary, dated from the last century…
Did you ever have dreams growing
up (or maybe even now) of falling in love with a man in a station far above
your own and having it be the love of your life? Welcome to The Diary. Paul is scrappy. He learned
to stay alive by the force of his own blows. Born to a whore who tried to use
him to get herself some more money, she dumped him on the streets when his
wealthy biological father wanted nothing to do with him. John is the second son
of a duke. Ignored and barely even noticed, his life’s ambition is to hear his
father say something good to him. When Paul’s father takes him in for no other
reason than he needed a male heir to take care of his daughters, their futures
are set to intermix.
The bulk of the book takes place
in British secondary school where the two boys meet. They ride out a rocky time
and once they become friends it doesn’t take long before more occurs. Their
love keeps Paul in England attending Oxford even though high society wants
nothing to do with him. For John, he can overlook that. This book has only
suggestion of sexual congruence, nothing in your face, and quite honestly, it
doesn’t need it. The Diary is about two men fated to love one another and be
ripped apart purely because one is a lowly commoner and the other a marquess.
I won’t give away the ending, but
I must say I would have expected the actual diary that brought about the last
third of the book to take more center stage than it did. Why John didn’t tell
Paul about it? I guess we’ll never know.
This is a story well worth reading.
I will definitely be reading it again and be looking for more from R.M. Jane.
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