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The Brass Box

by K.M. Mahoney

Publisher: Samhain Publishing

Is it real, or just smoke and mirrors?

As a member of the British gentry, Marcus Fleetwood-Smythe’s life is an endless round of responsibility and duty. Charged with finding a magician for his sister’s upcoming wedding, he ventures out into the pouring rain and finds Teague, whose free spirit calls to Marcus. And makes him hunger for anything and everything his position won’t allow him to have.

Teague’s stock in trade are his wandering feet and the rather odd lineage that takes the wonders he performs on stage beyond the ordinary. But there’s nothing more magical than the sparks that fly between him and Marcus. Except the duty-bound Marcus fears letting go of a life that’s smothering him almost as much as he fears discovery.

Desire fans the flames until it flares into forbidden passion, leaving Marcus poised on the precipice of the most frightening choice of his life. Risk everything for the man who holds his heart…or watch his one chance at forever vanish in a puff of smoke.

The Brass Box by K.M. Mahoney

Review by Jasmine

4/5  Whips in the Backseat

The Brass Box by K.M. Mahoney is a fun historical that takes advantage of London’s fascination with Magic to slip in a little bit of the real thing.  Subtle and in general a nice element, but on the whole very secondary to the story of a man tied by duty and one with feet that want to keep walking.  Or maybe just a soul that needs new sights and excitement.   Either way it is their journey to come together that drives The Brass Box.  The hot love scenes don’t hurt.

K.M. Mahoney has an enjoyable voice and I think this story shows great potential for future magic.  Purple sparks in the bedroom and one disappearing man trick is just the beginning of where this historical could have taken the supernatural/paranormal element.  Saying that I hope to return to this same time and see more of the world just a little more mysterious then our own.   Romance, sparking in a time that holds the images of long coats, top hats, and sexy Brits and Irish men.  I like the way this author thinks.