Rainbow Reviews

BOOK BLURB:
Historical recreation creates the setting for new lust and romance between a gay history buff and a bisexual history professor.

BOOK REVIEW:
Historical recreation becomes “larger than life” and abundantly more exciting for Noah, whose fascination with the past began during a childhood excursion to restored Colonial Williamsburg. Noah expects excitement purely from the temporary “reliving” of history, and is ecstatic to discover he’s been chosen to be a landowner with both a manservant and a female servant. Then he discovers who his manservant is to be, hunk Ethan, and a new dimension opens for Nathan.

A public television documentary, the historical recreation has drawn both Noah, the “history nerd,” and Ethan, an actual professor of the subject on sabbatical. Ethan is admittedly bisexual, but his only “relationships” have been with girlfriends. Now he finds himself smitten with the winsome Noah, and very much wants to form a solid relationship. While Noah, who has outed himself to Ethan as gay, is repressing his sexual interest, Ethan considers how best to initiate the situation, again something he’s never had to do.

"Back to the Past" is a fascinating look into a time period none of us remember, with good detailed background as a backdrop to the building sexual tension between Noah and Ethan. The characters are well done and we are given exposure to their backgrounds and personalities. Ms. Falconer maintains an excellent tension between the growing interest of the two men in continuing a relationship beyond the recreation, and in the historical setting itself. The characters are realistic and three-dimensional and easily elicit readers’ empathy.

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