More than a Best Friend

Name: More than a Best Friend
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781405966122
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The Lesbian Bridgerton you didn’t know you needed

By Emma R. Alban

Series: Mischief and Matchmaking

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More than a Best Friend is the first spicy, swoony, queer rom-com in the Mischief and Matchmaking series. Love is more than just a game for two. It's 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her... Read More

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More than a Best Friend is the first spicy, swoony, queer rom-com in the Mischief and Matchmaking series.

Love is more than just a game for two.

It's 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street.

Gwen, on the other hand, is on her fourth season and counting, with absolutely no intention of finding a husband, possibly ever. She has plenty of security as the only daughter of a rakish earl, from whom she's inherited her penchant for drinking too much and dancing 'til dawn.

Beth and Gwen are enchanted with each other on sight. And it doesn't take long for Gwen to hatch her latest scheme – rather than join the husband hunt, they should set up Gwen's father and Beth's newly-widowed mother.

They had a fling years ago, after all...

Can Beth and Gwen find a way to defy convention and be together? And will their parents find love along the way too?

Series: Mischief and Matchmaking

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More than a Best Friend

More than a Best Friend is the first spicy, swoony, queer rom-com in the Mischief and Matchmaking series. Love is more than just a game for two. It's 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street. Gwen, on the other hand, is on...

By Emma R. Alban

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You're The Problem, It's You

The second spicy, swoony rom-com in Emma R Alban's Mischief and Matchmaking series. There's a fine line between love and hate. Bobby Mason is sick of being second best—born the spare with the personality of the heir. James Demeroven is a Viscount who wishes he wasn't one. His title brings far too much attention. They can barely get through a...

By Emma R. Alban

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781405966122

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 January 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 282g

Pages: 400

Collections

Emma R. Alban Fiction General Fiction Historical Fiction Historical Romance Humour Penguin Books Romance Series: Mischief and Matchmaking

About the Author

Emma R. Alban is the author of two heart-melting (and spicy) queer, regency romances - More than a Best Friend and You're The Problem, It's You. Raised in the Hudson Valley, she now lives in Los Angeles, enjoying the eternal sunshine, ocean, and mountains. When she isn't writing books or screenplays, she can usually be found stress baking with the AC on full blast, skiing late into the spring, singing showtunes at the top of her lungs on the freeway, and reading anywhere there's somewhere to lean.

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