The House of the Red Balconies (EBOOK)

MM Romance set in A.J. Demas's imaginary ancient world

Hylas has come to Tykanos to build an aqueduct. He has not come to enjoy the island’s main attraction: the six houses where the companions of Tykanos, courtesans both female and male, offer tea and elegant conversation. Yet he cannot ignore them as he finds himself renting a room in one of the tea houses and meeting his neighbour, the beautiful, chronically ill companion Zo.

Over breakfasts in Zo’s garden, the two men begin a friendship that transforms the isolation of their lives. But Hylas’s aqueduct project is threatened by bureaucratic delays, and Zo is pressured to secure a rich patron to help support his failing house. When they have begun to hope that they have found a home in each other, the world seems intent on forcing them apart.

"It's a rainy book in a minor key, but in the end the happiness is all the more real and lasting because of that. … Make a cup of tea, turn off the phone and reserve your afternoon on the sofa." – KJ Charles on Goodreads