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Just a twenty-first century gal with nineteenth-century problems…
When Sam’s plane crashes catastrophically over the Atlantic, it defies all odds for Sam to be the sole survivor. But it seems impossible that she’s rescued by a warship in 1805. With a dashing sea captain as her guide, she begins to find her footing in a world she’d only seen in movies.
Then Sam is betrayed. At the mercy of the men and morals of the time, and without the means to survive on her own, she’s left with no choice but to throw herself on the charity of the captain's sisters. She resigns herself to a quiet life of forever hiding her true self. What she doesn't expect is that her new landlady is Margaret Goodenough—the world-famous author whose yet-to-be-completed novel will contain the first lesbian kiss in the history of British Literature, and a clever woman. Clever enough to know her new companion has a secret.
As the two women grow ever closer, Sam must tread the tenuous line between finding her own happiness in a place where she doesn’t think she’ll ever fit in, and possibly (accidentally) changing the course of history.
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Release date
November 12, 2024 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781998854578
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781998854578
- File size: 1719 KB
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Languages
- English
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September 23, 2024
Frey (Nine-Tenths) kicks off this whimsical queer time-travel romance in 2024, when Sam Franklin’s girlfriend, Dahlia, ditches her at the Toronto Airport just before what was supposed to be the couple’s trip to Spain. Sam, who is bisexual, embarks on the journey with only a copy of her favorite historical lesbian novel, The Welshman’s Daughters by Margaret Goodenough, for company. Then, somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean, the plane crashes. Sam, the only survivor, is rescued from the water by a passing ship—in 1805. Her savior turns out to be Goodenough’s seafaring brother, who promises Sam’s hand in marriage to his employer, the cruel aristocrat George Lewis, to cover his debts. Lewis is determined to master Sam, but Sam is busy falling for Margaret, and the two enter into a taboo sapphic relationship. Frey starkly paints the Regency period’s misogyny as Sam butts up against the strictures of the time. A suitable comeuppance for one of the tale’s worst villains offers satisfying catharsis and the heroines’ sweet love story enchants. This should win many fans.
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