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River of Time
Lord Carabas
In a Seventeenth Century that never quite was, Julius Montclair LaRousse lives out a slightly off center fairy tale. An orphan, raised by Jesuits and turned brigand, he shares his adventures across France and into the New World as he tries to get the girl, the boy, and maybe save the French outpost in La Florida along the way.
260 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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James Buchanan
141 books380 followersJames Buchanan, the author of over ten gay novels and single author anthologies, lives in a 100 year old Craftsman in California with SexyGuy, two demon spawn and a heard of adopted dogs, cats, rats and fish. Between managing a law practice with SG, raising kids and writing books, James volunteers with the Erotic Author's Association, Liminal Ink, the EPIC Awards Committee as well as coordinates the newsletter for the ManLoveRomance Author's co-op. James has spoken and read at conferences such as Saints & Sinners and the Popular Culture Association. In the midst of midlife crises, James bought and learned to ride a Harley - it went with the big, extended cab pickup. James has been a member of CorpGoth since 1993 and been know to wear leather frock coats to court.
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If you don't find James at the computer working on the next book, you probably won't find the bike in the garage.
Visit James at http://www.james- buchanan. com for more information on recent and upcoming releases.
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
September 21, 2011
I enjoyed this book mostly because of the character Jules. He's a half-faery who has had a rough life and has as a result learned to get what he wants by whatever means he can. He's very manipulative and really has no morals at all. He's also clever and ruthless and its fascinating to watch him manipulate the people and situations around him to get power. He's not very nice, but he is charming when he wants to be, funny and smart. He also seems to honestly care for his lovers. I really liked this character as a cool anti-hero.
Jules is bisexual and there are some detailed het scenes. I just skipped over them and they didn't detract from my enjoyment of a great adventure story. The gay romance is slow to develop since the object of Jules' affection isn't gay. The dialogue between them is great as Jules flirts and teases, and its satisfying when they finally admit their feelings.
The plot is full of action and twists. They steal, fight all kinds of things, scheme, get caught and escape, gain and lose wealth and power. There was never a dull moment. I'll read the other books in this series.
Jules is bisexual and there are some detailed het scenes. I just skipped over them and they didn't detract from my enjoyment of a great adventure story. The gay romance is slow to develop since the object of Jules' affection isn't gay. The dialogue between them is great as Jules flirts and teases, and its satisfying when they finally admit their feelings.
The plot is full of action and twists. They steal, fight all kinds of things, scheme, get caught and escape, gain and lose wealth and power. There was never a dull moment. I'll read the other books in this series.
May 31, 2011
If honestly I wasn’t interested by the start but after twenty pages I began to like it more and more. The story is good, romance, crime, magic, adventures, friendship, sex and survival. The story is told by the main character Jules point of view. And what intriguing character he is! In order to survive Jules since young age has learned trickery and his look at the word is cynical however it is only understandable since it is harsh world where he was born and has to live. Jules thinks of himself as sinful person and he is one but he posses many redeeming qualities. He is very human. I like him.
The story begins when he meets Scottish lady and Irish deserter.
I would recommend this book for these who likes adventures and romance and are ready to read not only about hetero relationships but also homosexual.
The story begins when he meets Scottish lady and Irish deserter.
I would recommend this book for these who likes adventures and romance and are ready to read not only about hetero relationships but also homosexual.
July 19, 2013
I really liked this book it has a little of everything. Jules is half fae half human. Keiko knows a bit of magic. There is a sea Dragon/monster they have to fight. A bit of pirating. The adventures for tbese 3 people are many. Jules is not the best hero but I liked him anyway, maybe even because of it. He falls in love with 2 people who are out of his reach. Keiko is far above his station in life, and Curan who is a straight man and his best friend.
The author does a wonderful job with the descriptions of the places our characters go. From England to France and then onto America, at the time New France or Le Florida. I could almost feel the mosquitoes buzzing around me when I was reading it.
I would put the heat level for this book at a 3. I would not consider this book Erotic though it does have some sex scenes that aren't for everyone they were few and did not detract from the book at all.
The author does a wonderful job with the descriptions of the places our characters go. From England to France and then onto America, at the time New France or Le Florida. I could almost feel the mosquitoes buzzing around me when I was reading it.
I would put the heat level for this book at a 3. I would not consider this book Erotic though it does have some sex scenes that aren't for everyone they were few and did not detract from the book at all.
April 17, 2011
I really don't know quite why this title didn't rate higher with me but, despite all it did have going for it, many things just didn't sit right with me. To its credit, I think this is the very first title I've ever read where the main male character is truly bi-sexual; he doesn't discriminate at all between his feelings for men in comparison to women. However what I found odd about the main character was his overall attitude and mood; he could be considered a sociopath. I don't even mean that in a bad way either, it oddly worked for his story than against. Jules is a very intriguing character.
This is one of those stories that I would suggest to anyone simply because there's no telling if you end up liking it or not, but it'll definitely have an impact of some type and make you think during the read and for awhile after.
This is one of those stories that I would suggest to anyone simply because there's no telling if you end up liking it or not, but it'll definitely have an impact of some type and make you think during the read and for awhile after.
June 13, 2016
A really enjoyable book and would have given it 5 stars but for the occasional but too obvious grammatical (homonym) errors. At first I thought the book was a translation from some other language but then I read that the author is American so that takes care of that -I'm definitely not stereotyping or any such mean thing here.
That out of the way, Lord Carabas, is a reality mixed with paranormal sort of story.
Jules, an orphan, raised by priests, got into all sorts of trouble until he ended up in prison. This is a guy who does what needs to be done in order to survive. He's rescued by none other than Richelieu himself -for his own gains of course. Jules then found himself 'Lord of 3 acres' in the New World, got into a helluva lot more trouble etc. etc. For such devout Catholic, he sure manages to find himself in very anti-Catholic situations.
There are 2 sequels so the story continues.
That out of the way, Lord Carabas, is a reality mixed with paranormal sort of story.
Jules, an orphan, raised by priests, got into all sorts of trouble until he ended up in prison. This is a guy who does what needs to be done in order to survive. He's rescued by none other than Richelieu himself -for his own gains of course. Jules then found himself 'Lord of 3 acres' in the New World, got into a helluva lot more trouble etc. etc. For such devout Catholic, he sure manages to find himself in very anti-Catholic situations.
There are 2 sequels so the story continues.
January 1, 2013
The book has a good story, well written (I got used to the French as well, but I could not decipher all of the meanings) I really enjoyed reading it. But some of the scenes were to rush for me not detailed enough. For my liking there were not enough interactions between Curran and Julius - I does not mean only the sex scenes - but I liked the character of Curran and I'd have loved to hear about him more.
And I did not like the eyepatch at all...
And I did not like the eyepatch at all...
to-read-pruned
January 14, 2014This is apparently m/f/m. However, I've read part of it, and there's hints of maybe m/m, but mostly it seems pretty het. I'm saddened. I hope it gets gayer later.
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