A Sensible Gentleman
A Regency Gay Romance Short Story
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
Kenneth
As the heir, I have always done whatever I please. My conquests are legendary, and my concern for others negligible. When I meet our new servant, though, I discover someone who won’t bow to my whims. I will admit, I’m intrigued.
Walter
As the new valet in the household, I am aware of my precarious position. Still, work isn't everything. When I meet the son of the manor, a demanding brat, I set aside my concern for my employment to teach the young man a lesson about respecting those around him.
A Sensible Gentleman is a 10k-word graphic and racy gay romance Regency short story set in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility world, with a headstrong young brat and the valet happy to put him in his place. The story was previously available in Jane Austen’s Tea Party.
Customer Reviews
An exciting, intriguing, fascinating short story
Kenneth is a character drawn from what I am sure many of us have perceived as the entitled rich boy. This entitled rich boy is, in this story at least, a Regency gentleman. That gives the story an additionally nuanced 'naughtiness' so to speak.
Kenneth is spoilt, rich and prefers the company of men something that was very much illegal at the time, hence the addition of the nuanced naughtiness some readers might notice.
Walter is not rich or spoiled. He is working, possibly once he gets his role as Kenneth's valet, an upper working class man, one who has to rely on work for income and survival.
But the story is less about who they are and more about what they can do for one another, who they can be for one another. The setting, the period of time, their different classes, these are important factors but more important is the dynamic between the two men. Kenneth should be the one with all the power and control, to some extent he has been but once Walter becomes his valet he takes that away from the younger man, effectively demonstrating that what Kenneth needs is someone to tell him what to do. Someone to instruct him.
This is an exciting, intriguing and fascinating short story on so many levels and for so many reasons, it is also a wonderfully quick read, offering a quick fix for those of us addicted to our MM romances!