Title: Unmentionable: The Men Who Loved On The Titanic
Author: Ryan Field
Publisher: Love You Divine
Pages: 73
POV: 3rd
Sub-Genre: Historical
Kisses: 5
Blurb:
One hundred years ago on April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg on its way to New York. Though it had been considered unsinkable by all standards, it went down in the cold waters of the Atlantic, taking with it stories of love and romance that weren’t discussed openly in those days. This was especially true with stories of love between two men. One of those hidden stories of the Titanic dealt with the unyielding love and strong romance between a young man named Liam and his older lover, Oliver. Because Oliver was a wealthy business man in America with a great deal of notoriety, the only safe way to bring Liam aboard the Titanic was to dress him in fine women’s clothing and claim he was Oliver’s shy, distant cousin returning to America for the first time in many years. They finally begin to relax when they realize that everyone on the ship believes Liam is a woman, until that fateful night on April 14th when destiny intervened and changed their lives forever.
Review:
I must say that when it comes to the Titanic I am all eyes and ears. I love all things about it. Not the horrible loss of death by any means but about the history itself. And I have to tell you that I never even ever thought that what Ryan wrote about probably did in fact happen! I mean if you think about, if you’ve watched documentaries on that unsinkable ship you’ll have known that there were men dressed as women to get to safety. Even in movie remakes you see where a man is dressed as a woman and he’s catching all kinds of hell for “stealing” a seat from a woman or child. Oh that whole thing was a messy mess from the get go. So, leave it to Ryan to make a connection here right? “What if one or more of those men dressed in women’s clothing” were indeed gay men traveling with their lovers incognito because back in those days it was a crime to have a lover that is the same sex as yourself. We’re talking hanging crime, at the very least prison term.
So, in all that, Ryan creates two incredible men and puts them aboard that ship. Liam who is in his twenties and his older lover Oliver, who is in his forties are lovers in London. Oliver is an unhappily married wealthy businessman and wants nothing more than to divorce his wife and spend the rest of his life with the man he loves and he proposes to do just that by going back to New York to get that divorce and live with Liam and just be happy. In order to bring Liam along though, Liam must agree to wear women’s clothing and travel as Oliver’s very shy cousin. Apparently Liam is very lovely to look at and can pass as a lady and he damn near fools everyone but one person.
Their time aboard the ship is wonderful, even IF Liam has to keep appearances up and dress as women did back in that era, he does find ways to blow Oliver’s mind, like the time they took a stroll on deck, he in his long fur coat and shoes…Oh you’ll love it.
Now the question here is, will Liam remain dressed as a woman when everyone on that ship is trying to find a way onto one of the lifeboats to save their own lives? Read it.
Definite recommend.
Reviewed By: Michele