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Wealhtheow
Miranda Darling is a quick witted wig-maker with a talent for accents. Smite Turner is the cold and precise magistrate who notices she's lying during a court case. It turns out, their oddities match up very well.

I was amazed at how much I enjoyed this book. It's enjoyable for any book, but downright fantastic for an early Victorian romance. First off, there isn't a ball in sight--their love affair blossoms during conversations about the nature of justice, judgmental comments during bad productio
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Jennie
Mar 21, 2017 rated it really liked it
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I really like Courtney Milan. While romance has never been my preferred genre (there are gems like Milan, but there are also a lot of REALLY BAD books out there, usually written before 2000), sometimes you just want to read the equivalent of a historical romantic comedy. I'm tired, the political climate is exhausting, and I want a goddamn escape. Luckily, Milan gives great escape. (Especially the opera scene in this one. Damn.)

Milan's books are well-researched, fun, sexy, and almost always subve
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Christina
Popsugar 2019 Reading Challenge: Two books that share the same title (part one)
Middle-of-the-road Courtney Milan. I added a full star because the dialogue between the heroine and hero wasn’t utterly cringeworthy!
Kim
May 24, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Punk
May 16, 2013 marked it as find-and-read
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Christy
Jul 20, 2014 rated it really liked it
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Paige
Jul 26, 2014 rated it really liked it
katayoun Masoodi
Dec 16, 2014 marked it as tbr-ebook
Lorena
Mar 08, 2017 rated it really liked it
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Sharon
Mar 17, 2017 marked it as to-read