Another gay romance! This one starts in England in the mid-18th century, and involves a stable master who gets caught having sex with a man and the son of the family both being sent to Australia for buggary. The son, Colin, never actually had sex with a man but he sacrifices himself so that Patrick won't be hanged in a fairly bizarre initial setup. But of course they both have to get onto the boat to Australia together, and over the sea voyage they fall in love, sort of. They continue to be in love, sort of, while they accompany a young widow to the parcel of land her late husband had purchased for them, and they all work together and Colin and Patrick continue to be sort of in love.
Overall I enjoyed this book, although it suffered quite a bit from conflict between the main couple that was prolonged for no particularly good reason, and "settling Australia" is a complicated story to tell. But it did what a book like it is supposed to do, by and large.
Grade: B
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