From USA Today bestselling author of Disco Witches of Fire Island comes a historical romance inspired by Oscar Wilde’s theory about William Shakespeare and his sonnets.
A stunningly beautiful LGBTQ+ novel for fans of Hamnet and Song of Achilles.
Willy Hughes, an arrogant young hustler in Elizabethan England, is used to conning drunken men into believing he’s a young woman of ill repute, and then robbing them of their purses. But behind his thievery, he’s mending a broken heart over the loss of his first love, Barnaby Stubb. Not one to lick at his wounds for long, one night, Willy spots a newly famous stage poet in the alehouse. Will is ten years his senior, and he looks at Willy in a way he’s never been looked at before. Rather than robbing him blind, Willy decides that the sharp-eyed poet is meant to be the greatest love of his life.
Will wants Willy as his muse and perhaps as something more, but the older and more experienced poet is playing a dangerous game with people’s hearts, and the confusion is driving Willy mad. Married and already involved in another love affair, Willy wonders about their treacherous connection when a rival poet to Will comes into the picture.
Christopher Marlowe is sexy, stunning, and dangerous. And he’s pursuing Willy with all he’s got. When Barnaby suddenly comes back into his life, Willy must wear his heart on his sleeve to determine once and for all who his heart belongs to. But London’s burgeoning acting companies have a darker side, and as Willy goes from lowly apprentice to full-fledged star, he must rise to the occasion and stand up against exploitation and abuse.
A love story for the ages, where even the loves you thought you had lost forever… aren’t ever really lost. Especially when you have the greatest writer in English literature dedicating his books of sonnets to you.
Blair Fell writes and lives in New York City. His television work includes Queer as Folk and the Public TV's California Connected. He's written dozens of plays including the award-winning Naked Will, The Tragic and Horrible Life of the Singing Nun, and the downtown cult miniseries Burning Habits. His personal essays have appeared in HuffPost, Out, Daily News (New York) and more. He's a two-time winner of the prestigious Doris Lippman Prize in Creative Writing, including for his early unfinished draft of Disco Witches of Fire Island. His debut novel The Sign for Home was long-listed for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize and was selected both as an Indie Next and Indie's Introduce book by the American Bookseller's Association. Concurrently with being a writer, Blair has been an ASL interpreter for the Deaf since 1993, and has also worked as an actor, producer, and director. Invite him to your book club! www.blairfell.com
From USA Today bestselling author of Disco Witches of Fire Island comes a historical romance inspired by Oscar Wilde’s theory about William Shakespeare and his sonnets.
A stunningly beautiful LGBTQ+ novel for fans of Hamnet and Song of Achilles.
Willy Hughes, an arrogant young hustler in Elizabethan England, is used to conning drunken men into believing he’s a young woman of ill repute, and then robbing them of their purses. But behind his thievery, he’s mending a broken heart over the loss of his first love, Barnaby Stubb. Not one to lick at his wounds for long, one night, Willy spots a newly famous stage poet in the alehouse. Will is ten years his senior, and he looks at Willy in a way he’s never been looked at before. Rather than robbing him blind, Willy decides that the sharp-eyed poet is meant to be the greatest love of his life.
Will wants Willy as his muse and perhaps as something more, but the older and more experienced poet is playing a dangerous game with people’s hearts, and the confusion is driving Willy mad. Married and already involved in another love affair, Willy wonders about their treacherous connection when a rival poet to Will comes into the picture.
Christopher Marlowe is sexy, stunning, and dangerous. And he’s pursuing Willy with all he’s got. When Barnaby suddenly comes back into his life, Willy must wear his heart on his sleeve to determine once and for all who his heart belongs to. But London’s burgeoning acting companies have a darker side, and as Willy goes from lowly apprentice to full-fledged star, he must rise to the occasion and stand up against exploitation and abuse.
A love story for the ages, where even the loves you thought you had lost forever… aren’t ever really lost. Especially when you have the greatest writer in English literature dedicating his books of sonnets to you.
Author
Blair Fell writes and lives in New York City. His television work includes Queer as Folk and the Public TV's California Connected. He's written dozens of plays including the award-winning Naked Will, The Tragic and Horrible Life of the Singing Nun, and the downtown cult miniseries Burning Habits. His personal essays have appeared in HuffPost, Out, Daily News (New York) and more. He's a two-time winner of the prestigious Doris Lippman Prize in Creative Writing, including for his early unfinished draft of Disco Witches of Fire Island. His debut novel The Sign for Home was long-listed for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize and was selected both as an Indie Next and Indie's Introduce book by the American Bookseller's Association. Concurrently with being a writer, Blair has been an ASL interpreter for the Deaf since 1993, and has also worked as an actor, producer, and director. Invite him to your book club! www.blairfell.com
