Unintended Consequences

The Savages of Falcote #0.5

by Ally Hastings

Freddie knows he shouldn’t have done it. Even by his standards, seducing a bridegroom on his wedding day is wildly irresponsible. All he can do now is pray that it will be put down to drink and not be referred to again. Except… He just can’t put the bridegroom out of his head. It’s been months now, and there is no getting around it: he, Frederick Stanley, footloose and fancy free, has fallen for the worst possible person.
George just wants to do the right thing. That is why he has married the woman who seduced him, even though he is not at all sure that this seduction business agrees with him. And now it has happened again… This time, though, there is no accepted course of action available to him. He’ll just have to hope that it will be put down to wedding nerves and soon be forgotten. But it’s been months now, and he is still thinking about the man.
When Freddie and George unexpectedly find themselves staying at the same house at Christmas, they begin to see that perhaps things are not as hopeless as all that. In fact, it’s just about possible that they both get it right this time around.

Genres: Historical, Romance

37 pages, ebook

First published December 7, 2023

About the author

Ally Hastings loves to read mystery, romance, literary fiction and sometimes fantasy, but writes only one of them. Preferably after a long walk, with a cup of tea and the radio tuned to something from the sixties or seventies. Ally is the author of The Savages of Falcote, a queer historical romance series, beginning with Unwritten Rules (March 2023).

Reviews

[PaperMoon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Technically this falls into the festive seasonal reads as events mostly take place in the days just before Christmas and there's at least one mistletoe incident! Freddie and George (Lord Hynton) are lovely characters and as these two make cameo-like appearances in other books of the series I've read, it's nice to uncover their story.

[Jax · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maybe if you were already fond of these characters from the books published before this prequel you’d enjoy this more. But it was too focused on sex for me. Any feelings didn’t come through enough at this point in their relationship.

[Felix Léon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rereading this series just to make charts of who's who and related to whom and in what way! Delightful!

[Ally Hastings · Rating 5 out of 5]

Discover why Freddie Stanley left Lucas to his own devices that evening at Greene’s in this short story, which takes place at Christmas before the events of Unwritten Rules.