It's time once more for me to dive into my boxes of BL and find a fresh new handful to talk about this Pride month. We'll start off simple with an early work from a familiar name.
A FOREIGN LOVE AFFAIR (Iroku Iroku Romantan), by Ayano Yamane. First published in 2003 and first published in North America in 2008.
PLOT:
On a luxury cruise in the Mediterranean, the young yakuza heir Ranmaru Ohmi is supposed to be enjoying an Italian honeymoon with the daughter of a rival family. Instead he's picking fights with everyone on the ship, from his new wife to random passengers. It's up to cruise captain (and secret Japanophile) Alberto Valentiano to keep the peace. He's instantly smitten with both Ranmaru's looks and insistence on wearing kimonos, and he swiftly seduces Ranmaru. The two are reunited when Ranmaru goes missing, but that's just the beginning of their truly tumultuous love affair.
