Twelve years ago, Edwin Tully came to Oxford and fell in
love with a boy named Marius. He was brilliant. An artist. It was going to be
forever.
Two years ago, it ended.
Now Edwin lives alone in the house they used to share. He
tends to damaged books and faded memories, trying to build a future from the
fragments of the past.
Then the weather turns, and the river spills into Edwin’s
quiet world, bringing with it Adam Dacre from the Environment Agency. An
unlikely knight, this stranger with roughened hands and worn wellingtons, but
he offers Edwin the hope of something he thought he would never have again.
As the two men grow closer in their struggle against the
rising waters, Edwin learns he can’t protect himself from everything—and
sometimes he doesn't need to try.
To purchase a copy, read an excerpt or to find out about more books from this author, visit Riptide Publishing's Waiting For The Flood page!
Alexis Hall was born in the early 1980s and still thinks the
21st century is the future. To this day, he feels cheated that he lived through
a fin de siècle but inexplicably failed to drink a single glass of absinthe,
dance with a single courtesan, or stay in a single garret.
He did the Oxbridge thing sometime in the 2000s and failed
to learn anything of substance. He has had many jobs, including ice cream
maker, fortune teller, lab technician, and professional gambler. He was fired
from most of them.
He can neither cook nor sing, but he can handle a 17th
century smallsword, punts from the proper end, and knows how to hotwire a car.
He lives in southeast England, with no cats and no children,
and fully intends to keep it that way.
·Connect
with Alexis:
·Website: quicunquevult.com
·Blog: quicunquevult.com/blog
·Twitter: @quicunquevult
·Goodreads: goodreads.com/alexishall
Every comment on this blog tour enters you in a drawing
for a title from Alexis Hall's backlist (not including Waiting for the
Flood.) Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on February 28. Contest is
NOT restricted to U.S. entries.
I hope the two do well int he rising waters. Sounds like a wonderful read.
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sounds like a beautiful story
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great story!
ReplyDeleteI've said this before but it has to be said again - what a gorgeous cover! Wish it came in paperback, too :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Alexis on her latest release! The book cover needs to be entered in a Cover contest.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Aija! I've read the book & love it, wouldn't hesitate to buy a second time in paperback, just to get that beautiful cover on my bookshelves!
ReplyDeletePam/Peejakers (pjfaste)
Read the excerpt at ARe and Wow! Loved it! Much success, Alexis!
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Sounds like a really interesting story! The cover is beautiful.
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A fun bio & I love the sound of this story.
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Looking forward to this read!! Thanks for the chance!!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to this read!! Thanks for the chance!!
ReplyDeleteNew to me author. I'll have to check out his other titles. Thanks for the review and for the chance.
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I really enjoyed the other books by Alexis Hall that I have read. This one sounds different than his other ones, but still interesting. Thanks for the post.
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Looks like a great read! Thanks for the giveaway! :-) McElroyJ at Gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteThis is a book I want to read.
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