Silas Warner is a flighty sort of fellow, a butterfly in his attire and his jumps from one man to the next. But there's something about Ezra Curiel-first his incredible body, and then his emotional depth-that delivers a knockout punch to Silas's heart.
But can love thrive between two men with such different backgrounds-a poor clerk from the English countryside and a French-born pugilist who has achieved fame and fortune as the Hammering Hebrew?
Their romance is tested when Ezra is arrested for murder. But Silas and his friends know Ezra must be innocent, because he was in their presence at a soire at Ormond Yard as the murder was committed.
Can Silas gather the talents of the men of Ormond Yard to prove Ezra's innocence? Or in the process will they ruin his reputation, and subject him and Silas to prison for sodomy?
Saving the Boxer is a tale of two wounded men finding each other and fighting for their true love match in a restrictive society. It is a 65,000 word story of found family, the warmth of accepting strays, and triumph over adversaries. Though it's third in the Ormond Yard series of historical romances, it can easily be read as a standalone.