Silverbourne - Bradley Conrad

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Résumé :
Henley Royal Regatta is where old-world class meets new-world muscle. Polyamorous fundraiser Brian is here to secure his career, but his real prize is his two boyfriends, Aly and Finn, the rowing world's gods sculpted by years of training and united in their Temple Challenge ambition. Yet, off the river, their secret throuple is exposed to the pressures of elite society. Underneath the tight spandex and lycra, the strain is showing. When Archie, a charismatic estate worker, enters the picture, Brian finds himself drawn to the new, stable connection. Can their bond, tightened by years of shared speedos and secrets, survive the heat of competition and the temptation of a new dynamic? Or will their passion-and Brian's professional plans-be lost to the currents? Dive into this steamy M/M/M sports romance, where acceptance and the right to love are sought in the world's most exclusive setting....

Biographie:
it's a lifestyle and a world of its own, one that can be hard to access. I lived in London for ten years along the River Thames and was a member of several boat clubs during my time on the water.I like to tell stories about relationships, friendships, and groups of people who find themselves falling in love, spending time together, and building bonds that last for decades. Some parts are imagined, and I've changed details-such as rowing clubs and names-but many of the experiences are real.Not all of my days were fueled by champagne at fancy bars...

Sommaire:
In the tradition of Hollinghurst, Baldwin and Bret Easton Ellis One weekend. Four men. A thousand unwritten rules. And an Audi at the bottom of a swimming pool. Brian is a man of appearances. As a professional fundraiser in London, he knows how to navigate the social codes of the elite: the right handshake, the right register, the right distance between his knee and a donor's under the table. His private life is just as carefully managed: a stable, intimate throuple with Finn and Aly, two competitive rowers who represent everything Brian desires. But at the Henley Royal Regatta, the champagne is cold, the sun is unforgiving, and the arrival of Archie changes everything. Archie is a groundsman and a scholar on a country estate in South Oxfordshire. He doesn't care about passing or status. His quiet certainty creates a friction Brian didn't see coming, challenging the easy rhythms of his relationship and forcing him to confront the gap between the life he shows the world and the desires he keeps hidden. What follows is a summer of reckonings: a throuple that has to find its honest ending, a new relationship that has to find its honest beginning, a car that has to be extracted from a pool, a front door that has to be explained, and a forgotten poetry book that turns out to have been selling quietly for years. From the boathouses of Henley to the pubs of Fulham, from a hedge maze in Oxfordshire to a regatta on the Isis, four men and the people around them learn that love is less about getting it right and more about surviving what happens when you get it spectacularly wrong. This combined edition brings together the complete Henley arc in a single volume: the regatta weekend, its chaotic aftermath, and the quiet, hard-won peace that follows. It is frank about desire, tender about love, frequently funny about champagne, and above all a story about the courage it takes to be truly seen. For fans of Alan Hollinghurst, Evelyn Waugh, and unconventional love stories told with precision, warmth and a filthy sense of humour....