It’s time to meet the family. . .Rory Kincaid’s in a spin. He’s leaving his London life to spend Easter deep in the countryside with boyfriend Jack De Lacy – and Jack’s wealthy, aristocratic family. Rory’s under pressure to make a good impression, but with no class, connections, or money, he’s not so sure he’ll be welcomed with open arms – especially when they find out how he and Jack met.. . … they find out how he and Jack met.
. . .but will the family want to meet Rory?
Jack’s convinced his family will love Rory as much as he does, but it’s not the plain sailing he thought it would be. With their age-old traditions, it’s not long before Rory’s presence is sending ripples through the calm waters of the De Lacy’s settled, rural life.
It’s a testing time for Rory and Jack. Can they convince Jack’s family that two men from opposite sides of the class barrier can be not only who the other wants, but needs?
***Warning: this book contains a village fete bake-off for the coveted Golden Ribbon, a cuddliest pet competition, and the undying devotion of a dog called Badger***
An Easter Promise is a 42,000 word short novel.
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An Easter Promise is the second book in the Rory and Jack series, a contemporary romance that takes place right after the first book. Rory and Jack are now an established couple who have found happiness with each other, but now Rory will finally meet Jack’s wealthy family. Meeting the family is always nerve wracking for anyone, but Rory also struggles with feelings of inadequacy and insecurity. However, despite all the ups and downs that Rory and Jack experience during their visit, they still have a solid and strong relationship that’s full of tenderness and sweetness.
The audiobook was narrated by Dan Calley who narrated the first book in the series. Dan has a wonderful voice and did a really great job with the performance of this audiobook. I really enjoyed listening to this book and the audiobook production was well done.
Another great installment in the lives of Jack and Rory. In this book we get to meet Jack De Lacys parents. Unbeknown to atory in the beginning, Jack’s parents are titled land owners.
With a bit of research Rory finds that they are in his mind, way out of his league.
Jack assures him that his parents will live Rory with judging him, is this really how Jack’s parents will react?
A homeless person, brought up on a housing estate, normal education and no family. Do they hide Rorys past and how they met?
Once again Dan does a brilliant job narrating in his wonderful seductive tones.
Can’t wait for book 3.
What a treat, whatever the time of year, to revisit Rory and Jack! It’s obvious they come from such different backgrounds, but their storie(s) show that love can and will cope with all that, if the men are determined enough. I love get-together stories, but I also like to see the lovers making their way successfully in real life. This book brought in a diverse cast of characters and more about Jack’s family and village life, and I loved this broadening of the story – and laughed out loud at some of the set-ups! I think one of Ms Ryecart’s strengths is in creating a contemporary world where her characters live and thrive, that we can relate to, that makes us laugh and care, but we still feel we’re on an exciting reading adventure.
Edited to add my comments on the audiobook 8/28/2020
Audiobook Review
Overall – 5
Performance – 5
Story – 5
I loved it!
I loved this book so much when I read it more than a year ago. Listening to the fantastic performance of Dan Calley brought back all the feels I got when I read it. Actually, think Dan’s performance made me feel the story even more; he had me tearing up more than a couple of times. This just might be my favorite audiobook of his. He does great voices and his performance style is easy to listen to. I have one more book left to listen to in this series and I can’t wait!
There’s not much else I can add to what I wrote in my review of the ebook back in April 2019 so my review from then is shown below.
A wonderful sequel to A Kiss Before Christmas.
An Easter Promise is a great follow up story to A Kiss Before Christmas but I’m not really sure you’d have to read it first to enjoy An Easter Promise. I highly recommend it, though, because it’s one of the best MM Christmas stories I’ve read.
Jack and Rory are making their first visit to the country home of Jack’s parents. That would be stressful enough on its own but when you add in the fact that Jack’s family are wealthy aristocrats Rory is really nervous.
It wouldn’t be an interesting story if there weren’t some conflict, so it was no surprise to learn that Jack’s mom had some reservations about Rory. The way it all played out is what makes A E Ryecart’s writing so good. I shed sad tears and happy tears before the story was over and I loved Jack and Rory even more than I did at the end of A Kiss Before Christmas. I wouldn’t mind reading about this couple again in a follow-up story.