Genre: Contemporary
LGBTQ+ Category: Gay
Reviewer: Maryann
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About The Book
Jeweler Lachlan Beattie does the Renaissance Frolicke event each year; it’s the only time he sees costume designer Taran Kimura. Their vendor stalls have been on opposite sides of the site. Then the year’s event package arrives with a new map: now they’ll be side by side.
Taran sees the new map and considers sending a thank-you note to the management. Finally, no barriers to striking up a conversation with the sexy Scot. They’ve been eyeing each other for years. Taran’s almost fifty; it’s past time to step outside his comfort zone.
Lachlan makes the first move; Taran makes the second. Once they start talking, they never want to stop. They have six weekends to see how far their connection could go. By the end of the second, they both know they want forever.
What could possibly go wrong?
The Review
The annual Renaissance Frolicke is about to get started. The committee – Aja, Felice, Roger and Mark – have finalized and mailed the contracts for all the venders and acts. They have also made some very important changes with the venue and are all anxious to see how things turn out. Especially one thing that they’re keeping an eye on.
Scotsman Lachlan Beattie is fifty-five, and has lived and worked in LA for fifteen years. He retired from the RAF, where he served as an engineer. Now he works with Jan DeWitt of South Africa, who owns DeWitt Jewelry. He used to have a boyfriend, but struggled with getting into the dating world. Now he would really like to not be single and alone, and hopes to find a special someone. Lachlan’s booth for the Frolicke is the Dragon’s Forge, and he makes metalworkings with a Scottish flair.
Taran Kimura is Japanese, and close to his fifties, with an apartment in North Ridge. He’s a school teacher, artist, and loves cosplay. He’s excited about the upcoming Frolicke, and his booth Courtly Splendor, where he sells Japanese fabrics and costumes.
For four years at the Frolicke, the Dragon’s Forge and Courtly Splendor have been located across for each other. Lachlan and Taran have noticed each other every year, but never had the time to talk or get acquainted – they’ve always been too busy, with too many people to attend to and never enough time.
Now with the changes at the Frolicke, they find their booths next to each other, the chance they’ve both been thinking about. What will happen when they are finally able to get to know each other? Will it be what they both want, and desire?
Caluen creates a very sweet and romantic tale, with moments of drama, set in the heart of the workings of a renaissance fair. It’s fun to see behind the scenes – all the strategic planning and coordination that goes into these fairs, and what works and what doesn’t. I loved the names the author gave to each character’s booth.
And she goes deep with Lachlan and Taran, delving into their individual doubts and hopes for nboth the present and the future. Will they be able to make each others’ longtime dreams of love come true?
Our Revels Now is a very entertaining and quick read with two sweet characters, filled with banter, humor, serious moments, romance and love.
The Reviewer
Hi, I’m Maryann, I started life in New York, moved to New Hampshire and in 1965 uprooted again to Sacramento, California. Once I retired I moved to West Palm Beach, Florida in 2011 and just moved back to Sacramento in March of 2018. My son, his wife and step-daughter flew out to Florida and we road tripped back so they got to see sights they have never seen. New Orleans and the Grand Canyon were the highlights. Now I am back on the west coast again to stay! From a young age Ialways liked to read.
I remember going to the library and reading the “Doctor Dolittle” books by Hugh Lofting. Much later on became a big fan of the classics, Edgar Alan Poe, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker and as time went by Agatha Christie, Ray Bradbury and Stephen Kingand many other authors.
My first M/M shifter book I read was written by Jan Irving the “Uncommon Cowboys” series from 2012. She was the first author I ever contacted and sent an email to letting her know how much I liked this series. Sometime along the way I read “Zero to the Bone”by Jane Seville, I think just about everyone has read this book!
As it stands right now I’m really into mysteries, grit, gore and “triggers” don’t bother me. But if a blurb piques my interest I will read the book.
My kindle collection eclectic and over three thousand books and my Audible collection is slowly growing. I have both the kindle and audible apps on my ipod, ipads, and MAC. So there is never an excuse not to be listening or reading.
I joined Goodreads around 2012 and started posting reviews. One day a wonderful lady, Lisa Horan of The Novel Approach, sent me an email to see if I wanted to join her review group. Joining her site was such an eye opener. I got introduce to so many new authors that write for the LGBTQ genre. Needless to say, it was heart breaking when it ended.
But I found a really great site, QRI and it’s right here in Sacramento. Last year at QSAC I actually got to meet Scott Coatsworth, Amy Lane and Jeff Adams.
