ARC REVIEW : Honey From the Lion (Love Across Time #2) by Jackie North

 

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Soulmates across time. A love that was meant to be.

In present day, Laurie, tired of corporate life, takes a much-needed vacation at Farthingdale Dude Ranch.

The very first night a freak blizzard combined with a powerful meteor shower takes Laurie back to the year 1891. When he wakes up in a snowbank, his only refuge is an isolated cabin inhabited by the gruff, grouchy John Henton, who only wants to be left alone. His sense of duty prevails, however, and he takes Laurie under his care, teaching him how to survive on the wild frontier.

As winter approaches, Laurie's normal fun-loving manner make it difficult for him to connect with John, but in spite of John's old-fashioned ways, the chemistry between them grows.

Sparks fly as the blizzard rages outside the cabin. Can two men from different worlds and different times find happiness together?

A male/male time travel romance, complete with hurt/comfort, true confessions, a shared bed, fireplace kisses, the angst of separation, and true love across time.

REVIEW :

  Honey From the Lion by Jackie North
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

...When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams
as the north wind lays waste the garden
..
..
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips. (Kahlil Gibran)

You ever wonder what's like if your soulmate is not somewhere around you, but somewhere in another time?
Laurie never thought about it too, not until he's suddenly trapped in the year of 1891, and met a grumpy handsome man named John.
Before he met John, there's a story about Old Joe he didn't really pay attention. Not until something's happened in the past, with him included in the picture.
From the feeling of trapped to comfort and didn't want to come back to his life, and called Little Red by a man he became to care and loved, Laurie accepted his fate that John is his soulmate.
The thing with soulmates across time is, decision. Whether he'll stay or leave.
That's not an easy one, because Laurie was living in a modern world but he loved John and didn't want to be without him.
Then something happened, that leaving Laurie heartbroken, especially after finding out the story about Old Joe and what happened to him :(

" He could not bear the thought of John dying all alone like that, sitting in the leather chair facing the door while the wind howled through the broken windows, his cracked rifle on his arm, waiting for his Little Red to come home to him.

My heart's broken too, I cried for the two lovely soul that need to be together. I cried for John, who's by time, getting to love Laurie so much that he cannot bare to live without his Little Red.
And if Laurie didn't want John ended like the Old Joe, he need to come home to John. To his real home, where he felt safe and loved. In John's arms.

"I'm coming home, John. I don't know how, but I'm coming home."

Honey From The Lion is a heartwarming, sweet story with a little angst that can make your heart ache and cry. But don't worry, this also has a happy ending.
Laurie and John got their happily ever after, the way they deserved.
I'm happy for them, I'm happy I found and read this book. Laurie and John will stay for a long time in my heart.

Highly recommended!


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