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Trope Talk: Marriage of Convenience in Historical Romance + 5 Book Recs
Episode 18817th March 2025 • Reading Under the Covers: A Romance Novel Podcast • Under the Covers Book Blog
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Imagine waking up one morning and—surprise!—you’re married. Maybe it’s to a grumpy, emotionally unavailable duke, a rakehell with no interest in being a husband, or worse—your best friend who you absolutely do not have feelings for… yet. But either way? You’re stuck. And the only way out? Catching feelings.

That’s the magic of Marriage of Convenience in historical romance—one of the most timeless, dramatic, and undeniably swoon-worthy tropes of all time. And today on this episode of Reading Under the Covers, a romance novel podcast, we’re breaking down:

💍 Why this trope is so addictive

📜 The real history behind Marriage of Convenience (yes, this was a real thing!)

🔥 Some of the best authors who write it

📚 5 must-read very different books that nail this trope

📚 Books Mentioned in This Episode:

1️⃣ The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare (Grumpy/Sunshine, Beauty & the Beast, Forced Proximity)

2️⃣ The Marriage Contract by Cathy Maxwell (Scottish Laird, Forced Proximity, Mysterious Hero)

3️⃣ When a Rogue Meets His Match by Elizabeth Hoyt (Enemies to Lovers, Marriage of Convenience, Dangerous Hero, Power Struggles)

4️⃣ Ravishing the Heiress by Sherry Thomas (Marriage of Convenience, Slow Burn, Unrequited Love, Friends to Lovers)

5️⃣ You're the Problem, It's You by Emma R. Alban (Lavender Marriage, Enemies to Lovers, Queer Historical Romance, Political Intrigue)


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Not sure what a trope is? Think of it as your favorite storytelling ingredient—whether it’s enemies-to-lovers, fake dating, or today’s topic, marriage of convenience, tropes are what make romance so addictive. If you want to learn more, check out my full breakdown on the blog (link below), and if you sign up for our free Substack, you’ll get a FREE guide with over 400 romance tropes—perfect for helping you find exactly what you’re in the mood to read.

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Francesca:

Imagine this, you wake up one morning and surprise you're

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married, maybe to a grumpy, emotionally

unavailable Duke, maybe to a notorious

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rake who wants nothing to do with you.

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Or maybe it's your best friend, who you

definitely don't have feelings for yet.

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But either way, you're stuck and the

only way out is to catch feelings.

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So today we're talking about

why the marriage of convenience

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trope never gets old and why it's

perfect in historical romance.

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If you're looking for recommendations,

I've got those for you too.

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So let's dive in.

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Welcome to Reading Under the

Covers, a romance novel podcast

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where we chat fangirl and maybe

even swoon over our latest reads.

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I'm Francesca from under the covers

book blog, and today we are diving into

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one of the most timeless and dramatic

tropes in historical romance, and that

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is the marriage of convenience trope.

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If you're not sure what a

trope is, think of it like your

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favorite storytelling ingredient.

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Like, for example, enemies to

Lovers, fake dating or today's topic,

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which is marriage of convenience.

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Tropes are the familiar themes

and setups that make especially

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the romance genre so addictive.

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And if you want to learn

more about tropes, I've got

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a full breakdown on the blog.

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That I will leave linked down below.

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Plus, if you sign up for our free

Substack, you'll actually get a trope

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guide with a list of over 400 tropes

that are going to help you find

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something that you're in the mood

for across romance, thrillers, and

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fantasy which will definitely help

you find your next favorite read.

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Now marriage of convenience is the trope

that gives us kind of a forced proximity

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and undeniable tension vibe with some

of the best slow burn romance out there.

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Because when two people are legally bound

before the first spark of attraction

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even ignites, then you know things are

about to get deliciously complicated.

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But before we get into the

romance of it all, let's talk

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a little bit about history.

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Because marriages of convenience weren't

just a fantasy created for romance novels.

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They were actually real, they were common,

and in many ways, they were necessary.

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For most of history, marriage

wasn't all about love.

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It was about survival, social

status, property, and alliances love.

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That was just kind of an optional

bonus if it happened at all.

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There were many reasons why people

entered into a marriage of convenience,

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maybe because of wealth and status.

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If you were nobility, marriage was

about securing your family's fortune

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or rising in the ranks, this is where

we get all of those Dukes and heiress

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pairing up for purely practical reasons.

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Of course, there were also political

and alliance marriages with more of the

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royalty kings, queens, and the aristocrats

who are rarely married for love.

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They were married to unite

families, secure peace treaties

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and gain land and power.

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Think of these more as arranged marriages,

like between feuding clans or enemy

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nations forced into a truce, which

is a completely different trope, and

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we'll get to that on another episode.

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But there were also protection

marriages, for women, marriage

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was often about security.

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Without a husband, a woman

had few legal rights.

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For example, she couldn't inherit, she

couldn't own property and sometimes

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she couldn't even live independently.

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So a marriage of convenience might have

been the only way to secure her future.

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If a woman was widowed, she was often

expected to remarry, especially if there

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were children or an estate involved.

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This is where you see a lot of

those duty bound second marriages

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that eventually turn into love.

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And lastly, we also had lavender

marriages, one of the lesser talked

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about, but very real forms of

marriage, of convenience where they

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were basically an arrangement between

a heterosexual person and someone

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who was queer, usually to protect

reputations or maintain social standing.

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I think that's one of the most

exciting reasons why marriage of

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conveniences are so good in historical

romance and why this genre does them

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so well, because so many marriages.

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Actually started this way

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Now that we've covered a little bit

of the history, let me tell you why we

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eat this trope up every single time.

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First of all, it's usually

a slow burn masterpiece.

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If you're into slow burn, you're

gonna love a marriage of convenience.

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You have two people that are

thrown together, forced to

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navigate a relationship with

zero romantic foundation.

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And the tension between

them is everything.

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Then of course you have the

forced proximity because they

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are immediately living together.

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They're sharing space, and sometimes

even they have to share a bed,

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and that just means that every

interaction between them is charged.

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Of course.

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Then you also have that denial

and angst, and there is usually

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that one moment that is.

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The explosive catalyst for their

relationship moving past where it started.

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So one of them catches feelings

first, or maybe both of them

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do, but they refuse to admit it.

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And then there's that one moment.

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Maybe it's an accidental touch or a shared

glance, and that realization that this is

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no longer just about convenience and they

actually have feelings for each other.

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And after that you have

the grand confession.

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So when a marriage of convenience,

romance finally reaches the breaking

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point and someone admits that they're

in love, it just hits like no other.

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It is so satisfying.

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So this is why this trope is still

one of the most satisfying in romance,

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because also there is no easy way out.

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They have to stay together and that

just means that we get that slow,

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beautiful transformation from strangers

or even enemies at times, to soulmates.

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Now I think that there are

some classic authors that nail

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this trope every single time.

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So if you love a good marriage of

convenience, these are some authors that

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you need to absolutely have read first.

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Lorraine Heath, she writes

deeply emotional love stories

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where duty turns into passion.

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Elizabeth Hoyt, who writes Steamy

unconventional Historicals with

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strong heroines, Cathy Maxwell,

who writes Regency Romance,

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gold, full of heart and heat.

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One of my favorites, Anne Stuart, who

writes darker angsty historicals, where

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Love sneaks up on you unexpectedly.

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Tessa Dare for witty swoony, and full of

banter, historicals and Vanessa Riley for

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some historically rich Regency romances.

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Today I wanted to give you five must

read, marriage of Conveniences in

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Historical Romance that if you haven't

read yet, you need to add to your TBR.

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There's a bit of a variety here,

so you're gonna go for some darker,

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more angsty ones and some historical

rom-com light and fluffy ones.

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So let's start with those, shall we?

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So the first one is the

Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare.

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This has a marriage of convenience.

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It's a beauty and the beast

retelling, grumpy, sunshine,

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forced proximity, and a slow burn.

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Imagine that you have this

grumpy, brooding, scarred Duke.

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And he is in need of a wife,

not because he wants one,

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but because he needs an heir.

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And then there's this bold take no

crap seamstress who just wants to be

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paid for a dress that she made because

honestly, your girl is struggling.

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So that's how Emma Gladstone ends

up standing in front of the Duke of

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Ashbury in his study, wearing the

actual wedding gown that she made

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for another woman who, by the way,

ditched the Duke at the altar and she

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is demanding payment for the dress.

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But instead of a few coins, what Ashbury

proposes because he is the king of

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emotional walls and self-loathing, he

straight up proposes marriage on the spot.

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no love, no emotions, just a deal.

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So basically they will marry, she

will produce an heir, and then

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they will live separate lives.

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It sounds pretty simple except

that Emma is warm and funny, and

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she is completely unimpressed by

his grumpy, self isolating ways.

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And ashbury who genuinely

believes that his scars make him

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unlovable, starts feeling things.

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So let me tell you, this man is so

down bad before he even realizes it.

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It is the best thing that you'll read.

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And Tessa Dare gives us this

hilarious banter, ridiculously fun

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chemistry and a grumpy sunshine

dynamic that will just ruin you.

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It is such a good book.

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It's got a Touch Her and Die

Energy one bed and the softest

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kind of slow burn romance.

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It is an instant comfort read and

a book that I think that you will

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definitely want to reread several times.

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So next we have the marriage

contract by Cathy Maxwell.

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This is a marriage of convenience with

a mysterious hero, Scottish laird with

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forced proximity and a virgin heroine, as

it's often the case in historical romance.

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So we've got a well bred lady with

no fortune to recommend her, and

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the only way to secure her future

is to honor a marriage contract

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with a man that she has never met.

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It sounds pretty manageable except

that this man is Aidan Black.

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He is the exiled Earl of Tiebault that

I'm probably totally mispronouncing,

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and he is a Scottish laird surrounded

by all these dark rumors, lots

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of danger, and lots of brooding.

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So when our heroine Anne arrives at Kelwin

Castle, she's determined to fulfill the

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contract and make the marriage real.

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Because honestly, she has no other choice.

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So now let's talk a

little bit about Aiden.

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He is pure mystery, very handsome.

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He's masterful, but at the same time,

emotionally unavailable to the extreme.

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He's willing to share his

bed, but not his heart.

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And Anne is not settling for half way it's

got all the tension, all the longing, and

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a slow burn romance that is set against

the backdrop of a wild Scottish castle.

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Aiden thinks that he can keep Anne

at arm's length, but she's not about

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to let a smoldering brooding Laird

with secrets get the best of her.

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If you love a strong-willed heroine

who refuses to be ignored, Scottish

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heroes with tragic pasts, A marriage

of convenience with a side of slow

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burn and a castle full of secrets,

loyalty and reluctant romance

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that turns into so much more.

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Then this one needs to be on your list.

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It has high stakes, high emotions,

and a hero who is just going to

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wreck you before he finally gives in.

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Sign me up for all of that.

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And speaking of Scottish Lairds, we

do have an episode coming this week

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where I'm gonna be talking all about

Highlanders and historical romance, and

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I'm gonna do a Highlander Hero Showdown.

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It's gonna be lots of fun, so make

sure that you tune in for that.

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the next is by a favorite author

of mine, and it's when a Rogue

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meets his match by Elizabeth Hoyt.

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This is a marriage of

convenience, enemies to lovers.

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It's got a dangerous hero, some

forced proximity and power struggles.

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Our heroine is fiercely

independent with a sharp tongue

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and zero tolerance for nonsense.

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And suddenly, her uncle, who is the

absolute worst kind of manipulative,

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powerful aristocrat, decides that

she needs to marry his fixer.

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Our heroine Messalina is witty,

vivacious, and she has her pick of

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suitors, but instead of a love match,

she's being forced into a marriage with

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a man who does her uncle's dirty work.

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That is our hero.

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Gideon Hawthorne, a man that she

neither trusts, nor respects.

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And Gideon, he is lethal, ambitious,

and he's used to being feared.

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But this is where things get interesting.

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Gideon actually wants this marriage,

and not because he's smitten yet, but

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because this is his way out, he has

spent a decade clawing his way up from

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the gutter doing whatever it takes to

survive, and now he's ready to step out

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from under the Duke of Windemere thumb

and his final task is to marry messalina.

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If he does, he gets to be his own man.

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She's not having it at all.

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She refuses to be a pawn in their

power game, and she's definitely

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not falling for a man who has

built his career on deception,

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intimidation, and very likely murder.

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So she makes a plan.

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She's gonna play along.

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She's gonna wait for the right

moment, and she's going to escape.

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Except Gideon isn't what she was expecting

at all, because let me tell you, when

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a dangerous man like Gideon decides

that he's going to protect you instead

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of destroy you, things are going to

get messy really fast because he's her

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enemy, but he's also protecting her.

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He's ruthless, but he's

offering her freedom.

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And when they finally decide to give

into their chemistry is just scorching.

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So this book is for you.

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If you love a bit of a forced

marriage that turns real very fast.

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A broody, morally gray hero who would

burn the world down for his wife.

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Lots of power struggles and sharp banter.

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A heroine who refuses to be controlled

and a hero who loves her for it.

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So bottom line, this is one of

Elizabeth Hoyt's best, and it

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gives us all of the dark angsty,

high stakes romance absolutely.

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Love this one.

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I definitely think you

need this one in your life.

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The next one is Ravishing

the Heiress by Sherry Thomas.

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This one has marriage of convenience,

unrequited love, slow burn.

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It's an angsty and emotional one, and it

also has the friends to lover's trope.

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So basically what happens here is

that our heroine is marrying the

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love of her life, but she does that

knowing that he doesn't love her back.

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And she knows that from the moment

she says I do, because he is waiting

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and counting the years until he

can leave her for someone else.

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So our heroine Millie is young,

wealthy, and very practical.

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So when her parents arrange for

her to marry the newly titled and

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deeply in Debt Fitz, she accepts.

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It is just a business

transaction and nothing more.

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He gets her money to save his family

and she gets to be a Countess.

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And because she's only 16 at the

time, they agree there's gonna

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be no touching, no love, and

just eight years of friendship.

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And then at that point there's

gonna be an heir and they will

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go live their separate lives.

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So on paper, this should work.

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Fitz is actually charming, easygoing,

completely honorable, and also he's

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utterly in love with someone else.

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He has a childhood sweetheart, a

woman that he would have married, if

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not for the fact that he was broke

and he needed Millie's money because

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that was his family's last hope.

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So Millie actually plays the perfect wife.

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She's supportive, composed, she's a

friend above all else, and never once

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does she let him see that somewhere

along the way she fell in love with him.

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And for his part, Fitz actually adores

her, not romantically, but in a deep way.

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She's his best friend, his confidant.

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The person that he

trusts most in the world.

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But as that eight year mark is approaching

his first love, Isabella returns, she

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is now a widow, newly available, and

she's ready to be with him at last.

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So suddenly everything that Millie

has built is about to shatter.

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So what's gonna happen now, because she's

spent a decade pretending that she doesn't

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love her husband and he's about to leave.

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She's also played the dutiful friend for

years, and suddenly maybe he's looking

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at her a little bit different in the

moment that he finally says, I want you.

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It's also the moment that

he's about to leave her.

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The slow burn in this one is

painful, in the best way possible.

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Fitz, takes so long to realize that.

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Just maybe real love was actually

unfolding in front of his eyes and

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not with the woman from his past,

but with the wife who has been there

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by his side every step of the way.

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This one is great if you love a

devastatingly angsty longing and

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full of slow burn tension romance.

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If you want a marriage of

convenience where one person

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is actually secretly in love.

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And some deep painful pining with

the most satisfying emotional payoff.

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This book will just break

you in the best way.

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It's so romantic, it's beautifully written

and it's an absolute must read for fans

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of really emotional, historical romance.

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And then the last book that I have for

you guys here today is You're The Problem.

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It's You by Emma r Alban.

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So this one has Lavender Marriage Enemies,

the Lovers Queer Historical Romance.

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It's got forced proximity, some

mutual pining and political intrigue.

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So this is not quite the traditional

marriage of convenience, but

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trust me, there's going to be a

marriage of convenience at the end.

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And I did wanna include a

lavender marriage in here as well.

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So we have two aristocratic men in

Victorian England who are forced

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into each other's orbit over and over

again, and they're trying very hard

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not to strangle each other because they

don't necessarily like each other very

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much, but also maybe they're trying to

avoid to kiss each other's senseless.

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That's basically Bobby and James.

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They are.

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On paper, two complete opposites.

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So Bobby is loud, brash, ambitious.

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He's tired of being overlooked as

the spare by his family, and he

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wants to do something that matters.

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Also watching nobility waste

their powers, makes him feral.

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And then you have James.

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He is quiet controlled.

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He is resigned to keep his head down

because surviving his stepfather's

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household has taught him that expecting

anything only leads to disappointment.

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So, deep down he wants, but he just

doesn't believe that he can have.

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Bobby on the other hand

is Infuriatingly alive.

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He is too much.

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He is too everything.

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And unfortunately, that's the

exact person that James crushed

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on in secret back at Oxford.

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So what do we have now?

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We have some meddling cousins who refuse

to let them avoid each other any longer.

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Beth and Gwen, who orchestrate every

coincidental run in possible, there's

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social outings, family gatherings,

and probably a few not so accidental.

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Oops.

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That leave them alone in a

carriage for a few moments.

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But Bobby and James spend every one

of those encounters glaring at each

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other while trying not to notice how

unfairly attractive the other one is.

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But then, because obviously things have

to get even more complicated, someone

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starts to blackmail their families and

threatening to expose their secrets,

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that could just ruin everything for them.

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So suddenly these two men who can't

have one civil conversation with

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each other have to work together and

you know what's gonna happen next.

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There's some enemies to lover's

action, some forced proximity, lots of

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unresolved tension and snapping at each

other at the worst possible moment.

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Plus all the lingering stares and

the heated arguments and the mutual

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pining until they get to the part

where maybe I don't hate you anymore.

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The best part of it all is, I

think this one has a great lavender

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marriage done right in a time where

being openly queer is not an option.

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This story gives us a romance that

feels deeply historical, but also deeply

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hopeful because what starts as impossible

for them slowly becomes unavoidable.

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So I think if you love queer

historical romances and plenty

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of banter in an enemies to

lovers romance with soft moments.

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Also with lots of tension and a

bit of matchmaking shenanigans,

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and I think you're gonna really

enjoy this one as your next read.

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So that's all I have for you

guys today with our marriages of

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convenience in historical romance.

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I would love to hear from you guys,

what are your favorite marriages of

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convenience in historical romance?

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So drop your recommendations in the

comments and if you've read any of the

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books that I talked about here, also

let me know what you thought of them.

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