The Scandalous Letters of V and J

By Felicia Davin,

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Paris, 1823. Victor Beauchêne has led a stifling existence, unrecognized for both his cleverness and his gender, except in the pages of his meticulous diary. Abruptly cut off from his family’s fortune, he takes the opportunity to start a new life in a shabby boarding house with his beloved spinster…

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1 author picked The Scandalous Letters of V and J as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

A queer, magical, historical romance set in Paris: heck yes, sign me up! Told mostly through letters and diary entries (similar to the style of Les Liaisons Dangereuses), this is the delicious tale of two gender-nonconforming magic-users in France in the 1820s.

Sparks fly when they meet, confide their secrets to each other, fall in love, and struggle with their mutual stubbornness, as well as having to tackle the problem of certain lethal magical artifacts that have fallen into the hands of treacherous people.

Erotic in ways I’ve never quite encountered before, and lusciously written, this book kept me…

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