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A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall7/6/2023 ![]() (Anyone who objects to this course needs to make a written commitment never again to read a romance where the Duke marries a governess/thief/courtesan/seamstress etc, because either everyone gets handwaving or nobody does.) Gracewood and Viola are a charming pair, and the secondary cast is, as always with this author, a joy. That hump passed, this becomes a delightfully fluffy and light-hearted romp that actively chooses to handwave potential Serious Issues. (I really appreciate romances that face head on that sometimes there isn't a single right course of action, and that people's rights and needs sometimes come into direct conflict.) It starts off quite angsty anyway as the hero is deeply traumatised by his war experiences as well as his bereavement, and there's a meaty clash between Gracewood's entirely justified anger that he was let believe his only friend was dead, and Viola's equally justified reasons for restarting her life. ![]() ![]() Delightful trans historical romance, written very specifically to not centre the conflict on the heroine's transness. ![]()
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