The Stablemaster's Heart (Tales of Lilleforth #2)

Ready to binge-read Sarah Honey's work. Next up is her Tales of Lilleforth series. The second novel is "The Stablemaster's Heart."

["Mother Jones has spent his life working hard, running the royal stables at Lilleforth, and watching on fondly as those around him fall in love and lust.

But nobody, man or woman, has ever stoked that fire for him—right until the new royal groom barrels into his life. Vasily is all sunshine smiles, golden hair and laughter. For the first time, Mother finds himself attracted to someone, and he can’t help wondering what it might be like to court—and bed—his handsome new groom.

But Mother is over thirty, rough around the edges, and hardly a catch.

Vasily couldn’t possibly return his affections—could he?

Vasily Petrov, the fourth son of the king of Koroslova, is travelling incognito for a year. In Koroslova the old ways are the only ways, and a man being attracted to another man is unthinkable—especially if you're a prince. But in Lilleforth, Vasily has the chance to spread his wings and explore the side of himself that he can no longer deny, and he intends to make the most of it.

Except, he’s falling for his stablemaster—and worse, Mother doesn’t know he’s a prince, and Vasily doesn’t know how to tell him. And the longer he waits, the more he fears losing what they have when the truth comes out.

This was not the plan."]

All of the "at least no one else is falling in love" and "sick of royalty in my stables." All of Felix being horrible at keeping secrets (and Leo reminding him). All of the soft touches and warm glances and trusting moments. All of the traditions and routines and love. 

This book was so very cute. They were both shy and tentative and unsure. Neither of them have been in love before, or in lust. They had so many firsts together, and it was beautiful.

I wish there was more to this series (but hey, Sarah Honey and Lisa Henry have a few books together about princes I think).

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