Release Blitz, Excerpt & Giveaway:
People Like Us by Ruby Moone
Winsford Green Stories, Book 2
Arthur Fitch clawed his way out of the violence and poverty of the slums of London to become a valet to the aristocracy. His ambition to secure a higher position led him to a disastrous appointment with a cold, brutal man, and when things come to a head, Arthur is forced to flee into a snowstorm to find safety.
Joseph Wilkinson is the Winsford Green blacksmith. He has a good life, good friends, owns a thriving business, but at the end of the day when he goes home, loneliness consumes him. When he stumbles upon a small man determinedly trudging through the snowstorm, he invites him into his home to shelter.
Arthur Fitch is older, smart-mouthed, and as prickly as hell. But, as Joe peels back the layers, he discovers a warm, funny, vulnerable man whose tastes in the bedchamber leave Joe gasping and desperate for more. Trouble is, having found the real Arthur Fitch, how can he convince him that life in a small town can be infinitely better than working for an Earl? That love really is possible for people like them? Particularly when Arthur’s past catches up with him in horrifying fashion.
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Review
Praise to this story. I love me some good written historical
narrative! And omg it was so incredibly good!
Joseph saved Arthur from the snow, fed him, and gave him a warm
bed to sleep in.
Arthur isn’t the nicest guy the next morning, haughty even.
Joseph is disappointed.
But behind that haughtiness, there is a quirky man with humor,
also a man with particular needs.
Without thinking, Joseph fulfills all his needs and thereby his
own.
Joseph is the blacksmith of this village, appreciated by all the
residents. He’s lonely and somewhat withdrawn.
The little town and the warm, positive people who live there,
aren’t things Arthur could ever imagine to experience.
Arthur’s goal is London, being a valet to an earl, living
amongst the aristocracy. What this town has to offer, frightens him. Fear is
what makes him make terrible decisions. Like not choose to be loved and cared
for. So, London will be it.
What a precious story,
Joseph’s words and posture gave me goosebumps more than once. He
was kind-hearted, compassionate, considerate, honest, and passionate. Never
questioning Arthur’s needs.
Dear, dear Arthur can’t believe this man in front of him, full
of warmth. He himself is full of shame, sarcasm, reserved and skeptical.
The whole story felt amazingly authentic, the language, the
clothes, the food, the jobs, the houses, all the surroundings everything felt
so real. The way of writing made it easy to picture it all. I’m also talking
about picturing emotions, shining eyes, hearts full of hope, opportunities, the
smell of fresh-baked bread, the best diners, and of course tea.
Wonderfully written narrative, so precious to experience. Both
Joseph and Arthur were beautifully flawed, they were, just like the secondary
characters, extremely lovable.
I couldn’t get enough of them.
The title, oh my goodness, I’m crying again ðŸ˜
Look at the cover and you’ll recognize them in this story just
like that!
Excerpt:
Arthur Fitch drifted into awareness slowly. He was warm. Deliciously warm. He rubbed his face against the pillow, sighed, and the warm body behind him shifted with him. He smiled and hummed happily as he eased his way up through the layers of sleep. When he moved, he groaned. Every part of him seemed to ache. Including his head. He stretched out his legs and the body behind him moved again.Arthur froze. Body? Body behind him? Body in bed with him...?His eyes shot open, blinking rapidly. Where in God’s name was he? It was a completely unfamiliar room, unfamiliar bed, and … and … he swallowed and turned his head to the side. A completely unfamiliar man. Who, at that moment, opened outrageously blue eyes and looked at him.Arthur let out a wild yell and leaped from the bed.“Who the hell are you?” he demanded as he stumbled to his feet. His legs were like water. He grabbed his swimming head with one hand and clutched at the bed post with another as he almost overbalanced.His blue-eyed bed companion sat up. Dear… sweet …. God. He was magnificent. Huge, muscled shoulders. Pronounced collar bones peeping through the open neck of his night shirt. Shaggy hair the colour of autumn, and an untamed beard.And he was young.The man threw back the covers and stood on the opposite side of the bed. “Don’t you remember?” His voice was deep, husky rumble.“Remember what?” His own voice had become a shriek. “What did you do to me?”The man took a step back, wariness edging into his blue gaze. Christ, they were so blue.“I didn’t do anything. I rescued you from the snow.”Arthur looked around with his mouth open. He was used to being surrounded by the finest things money could buy. Working with the most respected and envied men of the upper ten thousand. Why the hell was he in some poky, rustic, shabby … Did that man have an erection? He stared at the man’s groin. There was definitely some stirring visible. He looked at him and raised a quelling brow. The man flushed, put a hand over himself, and glared at him. Dark brows pulling down.“You walked from the Abbey in the snow. I brought you in and warmed you up. That’s all. Don’t flatter yourself.”
“My good man, I …” Arthur began, at his most haughty, then hesitated. Memories crowded in. Snow. Cold. More snow and so cold he thought he might die. He held onto his head as it all came flooding back. The giant had indeed saved him from the snow and probably saved his life.He cleared his throat.
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Check out Book 1 in the Winsford Green Stories:
Dances Long Forgotten
On Christmas Eve, Dylan, the man of James Pell-Charnley’s dreams, is on the point of walking out. Then they hear the faint strains of a waltz in the library of the empty abbey. The music is said to be heard only by those truly in love, and it gives James the courage to tell Dylan the story.
In December 1841, Lord Hugo Pell-Charnley is in a terrible mess. The youngest son of the late Marquis, youngest brother of the incumbent, never felt to fit. When his life comes crashing down, and his life and his family are threatened, he is forced to face his elder brother and confess his deepest secret. When he arrives at Winsford Abbey he finds he must also confront the shame from his past in the form of Lyndon Cross. The boy he’d loved but betrayed in school.
As they clear the ghosts from the past, they dance in each other’s arms in the library to the soft strains of the waltz, but long buried secrets threaten to destroy their happiness.
Two hundred years later, can those dances long forgotten give James and Dylan the courage to hold on to love?
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About the Author:
My name is Ruby Moone and I love books. All kinds of books. My weakness is for romance, and that can be any kind, but I am particularly fond of historical and paranormal. I decided to write gay romance after reading some fantastic books and falling in love with the genre, so am really thrilled to have my work published here. The day job takes up a lot of my time, but every other spare moment finds me writing or reading. I live in the north west of England with my husband who thinks that I live in two worlds. The real world and in the world in my head...he probably has a point!
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