A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence (Lucky Lovers of London, #3)

A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence (Lucky Lovers of London, #3)

Jess Everlee

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Love can make even the most buttoned-up bluestocking come undone… London, 1885 A lesbian in a lavender marriage, Jo Smith cuts a dashing figure in pin-striped trousers, working in her bookshop and keeping polite company. But her hard-earned stability is about to be upended thanks to her husband’s pregnant paramour, who needs medical attention that no reputable doctor will provide. Enter Dr. Emily Clarke, a tantalizing bluestocking working at a quaint village hospital outside the city. Emily has reservations about getting mixed up in Jo’s scandalous arrangement, but her flustered, heart-racing response to Jo has her agreeing to help despite herself. There’s a world of difference between Jo’s community of underground clubs and sapphic societies and Emily’s respectable suburbs. Perhaps it’s a gap that even fervent desire can’t bridge. But for those bold enough to take the risk, who knows what delicious adventures might be in store … Lucky Lovers of London Book 1: The Gentleman's Book of Vices Book 2: A Rulebook for Restless Rogues Book 3: A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence


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  • sapphic.library
    Mar 25, 2025
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    A BLUESTOCKING'S GUIDE TO DECADENCE is a delightful victorian romance about two women who get off on the wrong foot but can't help their attraction for each other. jess everlee is an author whose books have been on my tbr for ages, so i was really excited to read an advanced copy of this book and let me just say, it did not disappoint!!! jo and emily's chemistry was incredible from the get-go and the build up of their relationship was very well done. i also really loved and appreciated that they were surrounded by fellow queer friends because it's a universal truth that queer people gravitate toward each other, and i loved seeing that represented in a victorian romance.

    read if you like:
    - lots of bickering and bantering 
    - victorian sexting and nudes 😏
    - historical queer spaces
    - found family

    thanks to netgalley and harlequin for the advanced copy! A BLUESTOCKING'S GUIDE TO DECADENCE comes out june 4th!

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