This is probably not going to be a proper review - not even a bullet one. I haven't read anything by this author yet that hasn't been beautifully written and emotionally satisfying.

There are moments of humor and moments that will break your heart. Now they have to work together to save the business, build a life, and find a way forward to a love that is still very much illegal.

When he stumbles across Sutton, he finds a counterbalance and a hope he desperately needs. He's deep in debt, trying wild schemes to make a success of the business, and haunted by everything he has seen and done, and by his inability to save people he loved. Jack came back from the trauma of war to find his parents dead of influenza and his father's Emporium of odd goods in his hands. But times aren't easy, and he's soon broke and unsure where to go. Sutton comes to New York in this post-WWI era after being expelled from his college, hiding from the disappointment of his family and friends and trying to make something of himself independently. Jack is wild and determined and wounded, and carries on with gallant courage behind the mask of not giving a damn. Sutton is sweet and honorable and a little lost, and will go straight to your heart. This was a wonderful book, which had the truth and flavor of a historical without any loss of immediacy and connection. Sutton finds himself drawn to the piano, playing for Jack.Now back in print and only. When these two men cross paths, despite a world of differences separating them, their attraction cannot be denied. His nights are spent in a careless and debauched romp through the gayer sections of Manhattan. Jack Bailey lost his parents to influenza and now hopes to save the family novelty shop by advertising on the radio, a medium barely more than a novelty, itself. Unable to face his family, Sutton heads to Manhattan with no plans and little money in his pocket but with a desire to call his life his own. New York City, 1919 His career as a concert pianist ended by a war injury, Sutton Albright returns to college, only to be expelled after a scandalous affair with a teacher. You can read this before Whistling in the Dark PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.

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