E. E. Montgomery - The Courage to Love (epub) mm

Sequel to Between Love and Honor



In 1915, after his beloved Carl died from a vicious beating, David Harrison enlisted in the Army and went to war. He returns home to find a world seemingly unchanged, while he will never be the same. At Mrs. Gill s boarding house, he meets Bernard Donnelly, a young man suffering the aftereffects of his own war experiences. David finds himself increasingly attracted to Bernard, but that terrifies him. He blames himself for Carl s horrific death and fears he isn t strong enough to lose another love to violence. Bernard needs David to help him face each day and find a way they can be together without stigma and without putting them in legal and physical danger but David clings to his idea that the only way to keep a lover safe is not to have one. His fears threaten to destroy everything, unless he learns that sometimes the risk is worth it and finds the courage to love.