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Don't Want You Like a Best Friend

By Emma R. Alban
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Publisher Description

A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from having to seek husbands by setting up their widowed parents, and instead find their perfect match in each other—the lesbian Bridgerton/Parent Trap you never knew you needed!

Gwen has a brilliant beyond brilliant idea.

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. But playing the blushing ingenue makes Beth’s skin crawl and she’d rather be anywhere but here.

Gwen, on the other hand, is on her fourth season and counting, with absolutely no intention of finding a husband, possibly ever. She figures she has plenty of security as the only daughter of a rakish earl, from whom she’s gotten all her flair, fun, and less-than-proper party games.

“Let’s get them together,” she says.

It doesn’t take long for Gwen to hatch her latest scheme: rather than surrender Beth to courtship, they should set up Gwen’s father and Beth’s newly widowed mother. Let them get married instead.

“It’ll be easy” she says.

There’s just…one, teeny, tiny problem. Their parents kind of seem to hate each other.

But no worries. Beth and Gwen are more than up to the challenge of a little twenty-year-old heartbreak. How hard can parent-trapping widowed ex-lovers be?

Of course, just as their plan begins to unfold, a handsome, wealthy viscount starts calling on Beth, offering up the perfect, secure marriage.

Beth’s not mature enough for this…

Now Gwen must face the prospect of sharing Beth with someone else, forever. And Beth must reckon with the fact that she’s caught feelings, hard, and they’re definitely not for her potential fiancé.

That’s the trouble with matchmaking: sometimes you accidentally fall in love with your best friend in the process.

602 Reviews

3.5
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Characters change and growDescriptive writingEasy to readFast-pacedBeautiful settingFeel goodRomanticAbuseHomophobiaLack of diversity
“This was such a delightful read! All of the characters were so lovable and it was such a joy to see how each of their lives played out. I was rooting for all of them to say screw society and find their own happily ever after, and I can’t wait to see how all of the continues in the next book! I don’t know that I’ve ever read a historical book like this before, and while it isn’t my favorite book setting - it was still very enjoyable and has me simultaneously wanting to rewatch Reign and finally watch Bridgerton now. 😂”
“Bridgerton but make it sapphic. This was a super fun historical romance with angst in all the right ways. The characters had such personality and the different relationship dynamics were well thought out. Not only in the MCs but the side characters as well. This was low spice but very feel good. I enjoyed the journey and was really rooting for Beth and Gwen. They had the perfect amount of longing and swooning that actually feels like it gets resolved and will hit you in the feels while it does.”

About Emma R. Alban

Emma R. Alban is an author and screenwriter. 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. She is the author of Don't Want You Like a Best Friend and You’re the Problem, It’s You.

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