Virginia Bedfellows Book

Gay men put their lives on the line for passion, pleasure, and each other in Colonial Virginia Banished from England and forced to work as indentured servants in Colonial Virginia, Lance Morley and Adam Bradley share a secret that could cost them their lives. As Virginia Bedfellows, they find love, passion, and pleasure on the Ashley Landing plantation, building a life together that's immoral in the eyes of society and criminal in the eyes of the law. Their unbreakable bond?and the friendships they form with kindred spirits in nearby Williamsburg and far away Philadelphia?help them face down fear, prejudice, and the constant threat that their secret will be exposed. Virginia Bedfellows reveals how much?and how little?society's attitudes toward the love between two men have changed since the eighteenth century. This gripping story, told in rich, historical detail, follows Adam, a cultured and level-headed plantation manager, with a head for business and a heart for much more, and the fiery, hot-tempered Lance, a cordwainer who isn't afraid to use his hands for something besides working with leather. Thrown together by fate, held together by love, they long for the day they'll be free from servitude?and free from the hard stares and harsh whispers they must endure. From Virginia Bedfellows: Lance's body rolled away from Adam's. Adam lay still for a minute. Then he got out of bed. Lance did not seem to awaken. Adam dressed hurriedly, forcing himself not to look at the sleeping body in the bed. Quickly, he left the room. Walking briskly up the path to the kitchen, Adam said to himself, "I must find a way to learn if Lance likes to lie with men, or if this morning is only the crazed ending to all the cruelty he has suffered since he hit his master." Joyful, sad, erotic, and suspenseful, Virginia Bedfellows, based on the author's research on indentured servants, plantation life, and homosexuality in Colonial Williamsburg, offers a rare look at the lives of gay men living?and loving?in eighteenth century America.Read More