Crimson, Casey Morales
Crimson, Casey Morales
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Crimson

Author: Casey Morales

Narrator: Joel Leslie

Unabridged: 9 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/25/2025


Synopsis

Every great spy has a partner. Will Shaw fell in love with his.Will came to Harvard for lectures and long nights in the library. Then he met Thomas Jacobs, an enigmatic naval officer training on campus who carried himself like a secret waiting to be uncovered. Thomas guarded every word and missed nothing. Will should have walked away. Instead, his curiosity smoldered into a slow burn neither of them could extinguish.When the Office of Strategic Services came looking for recruits, it drew Will and Thomas into a shadow war of coded messages, covert training, and secrets inside secrets. In that world, love wasn't just forbidden. It was a liability.Thomas belonged to duty long before he belonged to Will. Now Will had to decide whether to risk his heart on a man sworn to secrecy.Crimson, winner of a Silver Medal in the 2024 Bookfest Awards, is the first book in the award-winning Of Shadows & Secrets series, which follows Will and Thomas from their first days of training through missions across the Second World War and the Cold War. You'll find a slow-burn gay romance wrapped in a World War II espionage thriller, with forbidden love, hidden loyalties, and a found family forged in secrecy. It's tense, emotional, and immersive.Answer the call and begin their story today.Contains mature themes.

Reviews

Goodreads review by mal. on January 21, 2024

3.5/5 the blurb had me hook line and sinker at the phrases james bond and slow burn historical thriller. though in retrospect i find them somewhat catfish-y (i personally wouldn’t categorize this story as a slow burn, nor a thriller), it does lay the groundwork for a series rooted in overseas espiona......more

Goodreads review by Stoic on May 28, 2025

Hooked on this book! It is not too heavy but full packed of fun, Harvard stuff, romance, friendship and spice!......more

Goodreads review by Kirsten on January 20, 2025

Sex isn't sexy. Spies aren't secretive, and war's not hard at Harvard.......more

Goodreads review by Steven on November 16, 2024

TWO SOLDIERS IN LOVE, ESPIONAGE, SERVICE, DUTY, HONOR, AND HEROISM DURING WORLD WAR II I happen to be gay; I also happen to be a retired history teacher. I enjoy reading both fiction with gay characters and historical fiction. This is the first book in a series of four novels (I think) that tells the......more

Goodreads review by Maryann on October 07, 2023

William “Will” Shaw, is a student at Harvard University and not sure of his goals as yet, maybe a lawyer. He’s into some athletics, pushing his body with activity and he’s socially charming and likes his quiet time. Arthur “Arty” Wendel Ableman, knows for sure he want’s to be a lawyer. He pushes his......more