Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Man & Beast by Michael Jensen


What is the line that separates man from beast?

The year is 1797, and 24-year-old John Chapman is lost on the American frontier with winter falling fast. Near death, he stumbles upon a lone cabin, and the owner, a rugged but sexy frontiersman named Daniel McQuay, agrees to let John winter over.

John and Daniel quickly find themselves drawn to each other, the sex between them unlike anything John has ever known. But as the weeks turn into snowbound months, Daniel begins to change into someone brutish, and the line between man and beast disappears.

With the arrival of spring, John flees, eventually finding refuge in the company of a group of frontier outcasts, including a brash young settler named Palmer. But in the wilds of this savage land, love is not so easily tamed, and John soon finds himself calling upon the raging animal within him to save the man he loves.

Man & Beast, which The Advocate calls “equal parts romance novel and history lesson, heaped with sex and violence,” is the first book in the Savage Lands, a series that celebrates the untold gay history of the American frontier. Man & Beast is for fans of Harper Fox, Jerry Cole, K.J. Charles, and Mary Renault, as well as anyone who enjoys pulse-pounding suspense and romance.

Author’s Note: Man & Beast was previously published under the title Frontiers.

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Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Angie☆☆☆
At times I really enjoyed this book and at other times it seemed to drag on. There were two parts of the book and each had a different feel. The first part was darker and more depressing, while the second was a little lighter and more uplifting. I liked John Chapman a lot, he went through some crap that is for sure. I don’t normally read this genre, but this book was good, just a little wordy at times and not enough dialogue for me.

Characters: Well written
Sex: Yes
Religious: It was mentioned a lot
Would I recommend to others: Yes
More than one book in the series: First in series
Genre: M/M
Would I read more by this author: Yes



Michael Jensen is an author and editor. His books of gay historical fiction include two series, The Drowning World, which is set in 5500 B.C., and The Savage Land, which takes place on the American frontier. Man & Monster, the second book in The Savage Land series, was a Lambda Award Finalist (under the title Firelands).

Michael is also the co-founder of AfterElton.com, which covered pop culture for gay and bisexual men, and eventually become one of the largest and most influential LGBT websites on the internet. In 2006, AfterElton.com was sold to MTV/Viacom in a multimillion dollar deal. As editor, Michael interviewed hundreds of writers, directors, and actors, breaking numerous stories and advancing the issue of LGBT visibility in Hollywood.

Michael lives in Seattle, WA with his husband, writer Brent Hartinger.

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Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided a free copy of Man & Beast (The Savage Land #1) by Michael Jensen to read and review.

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