Yield Under Great Persuasion
Alexandra Rowland
- A
- cozy
- M/M
- romantasy
- novel
- from
- the
- author
- of
- A
- TASTE
- OF
- GOLD
- AND
- IRON:"Alongside
- the
- sexiness
- and
- absurdity
- (and
- the
- sexy
- absurdity)
- in
- Yield
- Under
- Great
- Persuasion
- is
- a
- tender,
- resonant
- story
- of
- second
- and
- third
- chances
- and
- being
- loved
- when
- we
- need
- it
- most
- and
- feel
- we
- deserve
- it
- least.
- Evocative,
- emotional,
- and
- endlessly
- entertaining."—Jules
- Arbeaux,
- author
- of
- Lord
- of
- the
- Empty
- IslesTam
- Becket
- has
- hated
- Lord
- Lyford
- since
- they
- were
- boys.
- The
- fact
- that
- he's
- also
- been
- sleeping
- with
- the
- man
- for
- the
- last
- ten
- years
- is
- irrelevant.When
- they
- were
- both
- nine
- years
- old,
- Lyford
- smashed
- Tam's
- entry
- into
- the
- village's
- vegetable
- competition.
- Nearly
- twenty
- years
- later,
- Tam
- hasn't
- forgiven
- him.
- No
- one
- understands
- how
- deeply
- he
- was
- hurt
- that
- day,
- how
- it
- set
- a
- pattern
- of
- disappointments
- and
- small
- misfortunes
- that
- would
- run
- through
- the
- rest
- of
- his
- life.
- Now
- Tam
- has
- reconciled
- himself
- to
- the
- fact
- that
- love
- and
- affection
- are
- for
- other
- people,
- that
- the
- gods
- don't
- care
- and
- won't
- answer
- any
- of
- his
- prayers
- (not
- even
- the
- one
- about
- afflicting
- Lyford
- with
- a
- case
- of
- flesh-eating
- spiders
- to
- chew
- off
- his
- privates),
- and
- that
- life
- is
- inherently
- mundane,
- joyless,
- and
- drab.And
- then,
- the
- very
- last
- straw:
- Tam
- discovers
- that
- Lyford
- (of
- all
- people!)
- bears
- the
- divine
- favor
- of
- Angarat,
- the
- goddess
- Tam
- feels
- most
- betrayed
- and
- abandoned
- by.
- In
- his
- hurt
- and
- anger,
- Tam
- packs
- up
- and
- prepares
- to
- leave
- the
- village
- for
- good.But
- the
- journey
- doesn't
- take
- him
- far,
- and
- Tam
- soon
- finds
- himself
- set
- on
- a
- quest
- for
- the
- most
- difficult
- of
- all
- possible
- prizes:
- Self
- care,
- forgiveness,
- a
- second
- chance...
- and
- somehow
- the
- unbelievably
- precious
- knowledge
- that
- there
- is
- at
- least
- one
- person
- who
- loves
- Tam
- for
- exactly
- who
- he
- is—and
- always has.
