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libraryleopard · 1 year

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Adult Regency M/F romance novella

When down-on-his luck architect Simon is hired by an old flame to attend a garden party and design a folly, he asks Maggie, the hostess of a gambling den, to pose as his mistress for the weekend to keep his former lover off his back–but real sparks begin to fly between Simon and Maggie, complicating things

Explores class and Jewish identity in Regency England

Sephardic Jewish main character; bi main character; gay side character

#hey this was good!#the set-up for fake dating actually Made Sense #also i feel like there was some great character development even though it's a short novella #like maggie's feelings about reconnecting with her jewish heritage #and simon's relationship with his ex-bf and realizing how things went wrong #the sexy stuff gets kind of kinky which is not my personal fave to read lmao but i enjoyed maggie being sexually liberated #yay for women in histrom who know what they want #anyway read this on a whim but is' def put rose lerner on my radar to read more #rose lerner #all or nothing #2023 reads #lulu speaks #lulu reads #lulu reads all or nothing #books

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