provoked enlightenment 1 joanna chambers

We’ve got actual historical happenings our main character, David Lauriston, is an advocate for the men accused by the state of being radicals who brought about an uprising: the “Radical War”, or as it’s called here, the weaver plot. But Chambers uses the historical setting in such a clever way. The historical detail is front and center, and you really feel the time and place, in this case the Scottish Enlightenment circa 1820, a time period I really didn’t know much about going in. But there’s something about the style this book is written in, which frankly reminds me of one of my favorite authors, K.J. And don’t get me wrong, I enjoy those types of books often when done well. I guess I was thinking this was more like your standard “historical” romance, with the focus mostly on the romance, and where history often takes a backseat, or gets a bit imaginary (cough Tessa Dare cough). As their search progresses, it begins to look as though the trail may lead to none other than Lord Murdo Balfour, and David has to wonder whether it's possible Murdo could be more than he seems.I should have read this so much sooner! I’ve owned a Kindle version for years now. Despite knowing it may damage his career, David cannot turn Euan away.

Euan is searching for the government agent who sent his brother to Australia on a convict ship, and other radicals to the gallows. Euan MacLennan, the brother of a convicted radical David once represented, approaches David to beg him for help. Murdo tempts and provokes David in equal measure, forcing him to acknowledge his physical desires.But Murdo is not the only man distracting David from his work. And as appalled as David is by Murdo's unrepentant self-interest, he cannot resist the man's sway. But then, into his repressed and orderly life, bursts Lord Murdo Balfour.Cynical, hedonistic and utterly unapologetic, Murdo could not be less like David. Tormented by his forbidden desires for other men and the painful memories of the childhood friend he once loved, lawyer David Lauriston tries to maintain a celibate existence while he forges his reputation in Edinburgh's privileged legal world.

Provoked enlightenment 1 joanna chambers