Title: Cross Purposes
Author: Eresse
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Publisher URL: www.liquidsilverbooks.com
ISBN: 978-1-62210-011-8
Genre: {M/M} Fantasy Series
Rating: 4.5 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs Reviewer: Chocolate Minx
Keosqe Deilen thar Essendri is heir to the ruling aristocrat
of Sidona, as well as a cousin to the monarch Ro hyr
Essendri. Although Keosqe has the wealth to support a family in luxury, a love
match does not seem to be in his future until he offers to share his home with
his long time friend’s younger brother, Tristan Marante. Spending years in the
same household slowly develops into a strong bond of love but not without the
pain of heartache Keosqe and Tristan must undergo.
Cross Purposes is the fifth book in the Chronicles of Ylandre series.
This is an intricate series that imitates a historical regency romance but with
all male characters. The inhabitants of
the planet Aisen are the results of the
Naere, a race of hermaphrodites colonizing as well as breeding with the
planet’s native people. The Naere
colonists were a highly cultured warrior race, with mental power to heal or wound; they were also long-lived and strong. They could
communicate without speaking out loud. Some of the Naere kept their breeding with the native gelra to the barest minimum
consequently retaining much of the physical strength, endurance and most of the
mind gifts, while others bred
indiscriminately with the gelra, which resulted in the diminishment
or disappearance of many of the characteristics of the Naere in succeeding
generations.
Each book features a different couple whose storyline’s
timeframe is parallel with the first book Sacred Fate. All of the
characters are connected in some way to the royal family of Essendri. Keosqe is
head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. There is a spy in
their midst Keosqe is attempting to hunt down while dealing with his
unreciprocated love for Tristan. Unfortunately, Keosqe is not successful in
hiding his emotions from his many cousins who all try to help. Not only is
Tristan a gifted healer, he is very perceptive. Tristan is aware of Keosqe’s
failed love life. Because of his own family’s fall from grace, Tristan fears
being cast aside when Keosqe tires of him.
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