A believable historical set in the wilds of Colorado. I liked the characters a lot and I was pleased that most of the "angst" in the book centered around survival of one kind or another. I'm looking forward to reading the sequel. ( )

Setting in the late '80 years of the nineteen century, In Bear Country is a tale of loneliness and friendship.

Pride is a young man, twenty-something years old, who was a soldier during the Independence War, not for an ideal, but only 'cause his father, a preacher, wanted to correct his sinful behaviour: Pride prefers men to women. After 4 years of war and 2 years of captiviness, Pride is a lone wolf, has no family e no home, and during a night, thiefs leave him with only his boots.

Bear is a big man who lives alone in a mountain cabin. His family was slaughtered by a neighbor and Bear, after killing him, has flown away in the moutains where he lives alone, not bothers no one. He is 35 years old, and he has a simple and good life, but when he has the chance to spend some days with Pride, he has to admit that he feels alone, and asks to Pride to stay with him: the matters is, friendship is not the only thing he wants, he wants also love, but he doesn't know how to ask, doesn't know he can love a man.

Pride is smart, smarter than Bear. Bear is a big man, but very simple in his mind: he is like an overgrown child, and a man like Pride could take advantage on him, but fortunately Pride is a good man. Two souls who find love but above all another a soul mate to share life.

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In Bear Country is the story of two lonely and haunted souls. Pride never had an easy life being physically abused by his own father during childhood, then barely surviving the horrors of the Civil War only to nearly starve during the following two years of captivity. Bear has been running from the demons of his past for years, holing himself up in a log cabin deep in the Colorado woods and leading the life of a hermit.

When Bear and Pride meet in the late 1800s they quickly become friends and during the time they are snowed in for the winter in Bear's cabin, they even start to love each other. But then an enemy from the past is seeking revenge and is threatening to tear them apart.

I found this novella length story to be an enjoyable read. The romance between Bear and Pride is sweet and the setting a few years after the Civil War is quite interesting. The story about revenge and a treasure hunt is a nice backdrop, but stays a little bit thin. On the other hand I was glad that the focus stayed on Bear and Pride, as these two are very nice and enjoyable characters. It was quite nice and sometimes very funny to read about those two hard-headed men locking horns.

Review first posted at Rainbow Reviews.
PUBLISHER: Torquere Press
PURCHASE LINK: E-BOOK ( )

I was suprised to find this was historical fiction. The story is set a few years after the Civil War, and has a rural feel to it. The romance between Bear and Pride is sweet, and the sex is more understated than I usually find in Torquere titles (not a bad thing). The revenge/treasure hunt storyline was a nice backdrop, but the focus stayed on the two men.

While I did enjoy this book, it wasn't as good as other M/M romances. Mainly because it was so short. I have noticed a very unfortunate trend with many of Torquere Press' recent releases being novellas, not novels. While the type here is normal, the margins are still very big so the reader isn't really getting 220 pages. It's hard to recommend a long novella for $13.95 when there are great, full-length books like "The Tin Star" for only $11.99. I recommend getting this in e-book form rather than paying for the paperback. ( )