Larry fic recs

The Murmur of Yearning

Author/Platform:
AO3 by MediaWhore
Words: 93,264

Smut: No
Synopsis: Four years ago, Harry Styles was forced into a marriage of convenience to enrich and ally both his and his promised's families. The sudden, and slightly suspicious, death of the Marquess of Haxshire, however, brings great disturbance to Crescentfield Hall and, as his late's husband's closest male relative, Harry unexpectedly finds himself the head of a family he never felt he belonged to. Between a meddling distant cousin hellbent on inserting himself in Harry's life, his wicked and mistrustful mother-in-law and his late husband's advisors refusing to help or take him seriously, Harry struggles in the fight to keep what he's earned and make the Estate finally feel like home.

Luckily, he doesn't stand completely alone and finds himself an unlikely ally in Mr Tomlinson, the elusive Land Stewart who has been taking care of the property in the shadows for years. Louis Tomlinson is caring, patient, and unlike everyone else, he doesn't seem to think Harry committed a murder.

My rating: 7.5/10
My opinion: The beginning is rather slow and I can see it being considered boring, but it's a really great story and becomes rather engaging about halfway when the romance really picks up. This author always writes the most beautiful things so I definitely think it's worth the read.