false 1539060 2 Andrew Carrington is the ideal Regency gentleman: heir to an earldom, wealthy, handsome, athletic-and gay. When he decides to do his duty to his family, he wants marriage on his terms: an honest arrangement, with no disruption to his way of life. But in the penniless, spirited-and curvaceous-Phyllida Lewis, a self-educated author of romances, Andrew gets more than he bargained for, perhaps even love. And when he meets honorable, shrewd-and hunky-Matthew Thornby, son of a self-made baronet, Andrew seems to have everything a man could desire, until a spy and blackmailer tries to ruin him and his friends. The fragile understanding developing between Andrew and his bride is shattered when Phyllida is attacked, and her assailant threatens to denounce her husband if she tells. She must deceive Andrew to protect him. But Andrew discovers the truth and, devastated by his first experience of failure, seems in danger of losing his wife, his lover, his very manhood itself. Only with Matthew's help can Andrew and Phyllida acknowledge their feelings and find their way to lasting love. "Phyllida" introduces an intrepid heroine and an engaging and sympathetic group of characters, members of an exclusive establishment for gentlemen who prefer the company of their own sex. A diverse assortment of personalities, the Brotherhood of Philander is bound together by sexual preference in a world where the law brands gay men as outlaws and leaves them vulnerable to extortion. Moving from familiar scenes of society balls, theater parties and midnight suppers, to the witty conversations, games of chance and intimate pleasures at London's most aristocratic "madge club," "Phyllida" takes the reader into a little-known side of Regency life. In this unusual romantic comedy, a bisexual man may make the best husband-for both his wife and his lover. 1531215 13 9 2005 Phyllida and the Brotherhood of Philander : a Bisexual Regency Romance total:59|5:4|4:16|3:22|2:8|1:9| 59 175 88 25 1 3 true false Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 16:09:34 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 17:20:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Nov 28 14:09:19 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 21 17:00:29 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 28 14:09:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 11:55:44 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 15:40:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 21:51:30 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 00:47:18 -0700 2008 Phyllida and the Brotherhood of Philander is the story of Phyllida, an author of trashy gothic romances, and her bisexual husband, Andrew Carrington. Andrew married Phyllida in order to do his duty by his family and secure an heir. Phyllida married Andrew in order to be able to continue her career a...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 18:37:24 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 21:13:04 -0700 2008 Phyllida is not a serious book, and it works very well until sometime around the end when the Herendeen decided to insert some clumsy commentary on some current hot-button issues. Also, there's a subplot (kind of) with some spying that doesn't really work out either.

Mostly, however, it i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 19:47:14 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 19:52:35 -0700 2008 Phyllida is a Regency romance with an interesting twist: the hero finds the love of both a good woman and a good man. It's a comedy of manners and errors and is, I will admit, a little bit ridiculous. The novel reads a bit like one woman's fantasy (for example, the hero, Andrew Carrington, has never...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 12:03:28 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 12:12:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 08:37:04 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 08:50:31 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sun Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 21:19:01 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 21:30:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 08:44:31 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 08:51:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Nov 09 08:02:57 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 08:10:16 -0800 2008
Beware of virgin heroines that grew up well protected and chaste and then suddenly turn into a woman of the world who openly talks about the bisexual tendencies of her future husband. IIRC homosexuality was forbidden in Regency and pursued with severe punishment, no mat...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 18 12:15:25 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 18:25:03 -0800 2008 2 1 false false Fri Feb 20 05:13:32 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 05:13:53 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 06:41:20 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 18:40:16 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 11:18:19 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 14:13:51 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 04 19:30:10 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 18 06:44:28 -0700 2009 The sweet, round heroine who is the keeper of the family brain, the buff lover who-has-a-secret-life-but-a-good-guy,and the hero in the class of Alistair of Avon aka Satanas except every time something really adventurous happens dear Andrew either passes out or blows chunks or bot...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 20:39:23 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 20:54:33 -0700 2008 good, but also not too terribly bad if you don't attempt to look for a serious story anywhere in it.]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 08 07:08:10 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 07:10:28 -0700 2008 3 0 false true Mon Jul 21 19:08:20 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 19:11:17 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 17:16:56 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 16:10:20 -0700 2008