The Scottish Boy

By: Alex de Campi

Narrated by: Richard Pearce

1333. Edward III is at war with Scotland. Nineteen-year-old Sir Harry de Lyon yearns to prove himself and jumps at the chance when a powerful English baron, William Montagu, invites him on a secret mission with a dozen elite knights.

They ride north, to a crumbling Scottish keep, capturing a feral, half-starved boy within and putting the other inhabitants to the sword.

But nobody knows why the flower of English knighthood snuck over the border to capture a savage, dirty teenage boy. Montagu gives the boy to Harry as his squire, with only two rules: don't let him escape, and convert him to the English cause.

At first, it's hopeless. The Scottish boy is surly and violent and eats anything that isn't nailed down. Then Harry begins to notice things: that, as well as Gaelic, the boy speaks flawless French, with an accent much different from Harry's Norman one. That he can read Latin too. And when Harry finally convinces the boy – Iain mac Maíl Coluim – to cut his filthy curtain of hair, the face revealed is the most beautiful thing Harry has ever seen.

With Iain as his squire, Harry wins tournament after tournament and becomes a favourite of the King. But underneath the pageantry smoulder twin secrets: Harry and Iain's growing passion for each other, and Iain's mysterious heritage. As England hurtles towards war once again, these secrets will destroy everything Harry holds dear.

A sexy, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers historical romance, Alex De Campi delivers a steamy but tender love story. "Brokeback Mountain" meets "50 Shades of Grey" set again the vivid backdrop of Medieval Britain. Perfect for fans of Madeline Miller's Song of Achilles, the novels of C. S. Pacat, and K.J. Charles.

This novel contains explicit sexual content and adult themes.

Alex de Campi is a thriller writer with an extensive backlist of critically-acclaimed prose and graphic novels including Eisner-nominated heist noir Bad Girls (Simon & Schuster). Her most recent books were pulp horror graphic novel Dracula, Motherf**ker (Image Comics), sci-fi thriller Madi: Once Upon A Time in the Future co-written with Duncan Jones (Z2 Comics), and True War Stories, an anthology of soldiers’ deployment tales. She is on most social media as @alexdecampi.

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An incredible listen.

This is one of the better “knights in shining armor” books I have listened to and perhaps one of the best M/M books ever. Hats off to Alex Di Campi for writing an amazing medieval historical fiction filled with intrigue, political high drama, and everything else that goes with it. Then within this excellent story, not being afraid to explore the love and passion of the two main characters. Alex wrote them so beautifully and no part of their relationship and how it came to be felt rushed or unbelievable. And boy did they come together…the sex scenes are written very passionately but not unrealistic.
This story, and the relationship of our heroes takes a very winding road so fasten your seatbelt because you are in for a range of emotions.
Thank you to Richard Pearce whose narration was spot on for every character. And there were many throughout this epic journey of a novel with long stays in Devon, London, France and Scotland. The voices were awesome, the passion was there for each person and the accents perceptible. Terrific job.

✨ enemies to lovers ✨

extra spicy but actually a well written story that had me hooked. little dash of polyamory in there too.

Loved it!

Although it started off a bit slow I soon fell in love with this story and the passionate love story it tells. Highly recommend it!

I mean wow 😭

The narrator was fabulous, with good accents (to my untrained American ear) and an enthusiastic tone that made you really believe he was Harry, feeling all his feelings.
The story wad powerful, so romantic, at times so sweet and others so heartbreaking I got teary.

(Mild)***SPOILER***



I was very nearly afraid we wouldn’t have a HEA with all the ups and downs and separations, but we did. In case anyone wanted to know before they commit to the emotional rollercoaster of this beautiful story.

Fantastic Writing and Outstanding Performance

This book without a doubt is the best book I have listened in the last couple. And I am sure will be listening to it again soon; as don't want to let go of the characters and their lives.

It kept me invested, intrigued and enthralled from the beginning until the very end .

The performance was outstanding.