Love on a Battlefield

Posy Roberts

Feb 2018 · Boho Press

About this ebook

Not every compass points north.

Andrew Summers is forced to spend his vacations reliving Civil War battles with his father. He hates every minute, until a blue-eyed, red-haired boy behind enemy lines catches his eye.

Shep Wells would much rather travel the world than play at boring war reenactments. He never dreamed a Texan boy would capture his heart.

Real life and years separate them; Andrew is forced onto real battlefields, but for Shep the world is a playground. They’re opposites, but writing letters closes the distance, uncovering their hopes and dreams. When Shep visits Andrew, they get to see if the tug they’ve felt for years is the compass pointing the way home.

~This is a story about first times, second chances, and the transformative power of the written word.

Ratings and reviews

4.5 stars A very charming feel-good love story about finding your true self and getting a second chance at love. Shep and Andrew meet on the battlefield, a pretend one that is. It is love at first sight, although Andrew hasn’t been interested in guys before. But there is something about Shep that pulls him. After two days, they parted ways again. Andrew wanted to go to college, but instead, he saw no other way than to join the army. Shep is a wanderer at heart, and he goes out conquering the world. The story is told from Andrew’s point of view, and the reader gets to know him quite well. He made the lemonade when life gave him lemons. Optimistic, down-to-earth, and he excepts his sexuality. Through the years the two men kept writing letters, and through those, we learn more about Shep as well. To be honest, though, I would have loved reading more of Shep’s letters as I felt I missed some more background. That is the reason I thought their declaration of love a bit sudden when they reunite after having been five years apart. Although I did feel the connection between the two men, I felt it was more a getting to know each other again than a The written word is very important in this book. The letters, but also Andrew’s dyslexia and that of his neighbor, fourteen-year-old Carlos, whom Andrew helps coping with his own dyslexia. And what Andrew would never have thought, that his writing away his nightmares will open new doors for him. All in all, a well-written (yes, the importance of the written word again) romance with some angst and lots of sweet moments.

About the author

Posy Roberts started reading romance when she was young, sneaking peeks at adult books long before she should’ve. Textbooks eventually replaced the novels, and for years she existed without reading for fun. When she finally picked up a romance two decades later, it was like slipping on a soft hoodie . . . that didn’t quite fit like it used to. She wanted something more.

She wanted to read about men falling in love with each other. She wanted to explore beyond the happily ever after and see characters navigate the unpredictability of life. So Posy sat down at her keyboard to write the books she wanted to read.

Her stories have been USA Today’s Happily Ever After Must-Reads and Rainbow Award finalists. When she’s not writing, she’s spending time with her family and friends and doing anything possible to get out of grocery shopping and cooking.