A Gaze So Longing

<p><span style=color: rgba(33 37 41 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Favian still thinks of the kiss he almost shared with Prince Leonardo five years ago. A servant in a palace ruled by an abusive king Favian's life is governed by monotony and desolation. When the prince returns to the palace after five years at war Favian's life is transformed and he soon has to admit that the feelings his younger self developed for the prince never really went away. While Leonardo is eager to pretend that no hierarchies are keeping them apart Favian tries to keep his distance unable to get past the prince's status and the dangerous position it puts him in. As the two inevitably grow closer Favian has to grapple with his feelings for a prince he yearns for only in the secret confines of his bedroom recognize his responsibilities for the people around him and confront the realities of the oppressive system they inhabit.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(33 37 41 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A Gaze So Longing</em><span style=color: rgba(33 37 41 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> is the first book in the </span><em style=color: rgba(33 37 41 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Fall of Livenza</em><span style=color: rgba(33 37 41 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> duology.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(33 37 41 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A Gaze So Longing </em><span style=color: rgba(33 37 41 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>deals heavily with various forms of abuse (abuse of power emotional verbal and sexual abuse as well as sexual violence) PTSD (related to war and sexual violence) including flashbacks and panic attacks and issues of power imbalance within a romantic and sexual relationship. It features multiple explicit sexual scenes (consensual) and complicated in-universe negotiations of queerness as well as the (unintentional) deadnaming and misgendering of trans characters and the protagonist working through a bioessentialist understanding of gender and attraction.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(33 37 41 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A Gaze So Longing </em><span style=color: rgba(33 37 41 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>is intended for adult audiences.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(33 37 41 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>For a more detailed list of content notes see the back of the book or the author's website.</span></p>