{"product_id":"dont-want-you-like-a-best-friend-by-emma-r-alban","title":"Don't Want You Like A Best Friend by Emma R. Alban","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian historical 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBridgerton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eParent Trap\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e you never knew you needed!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGwen has a brilliant beyond brilliant idea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one London debutante 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGwen, 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 in this charming sapphic historical romance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e“Let’s get them together,” she says.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e“It’ll be easy” she says.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere’s just…one, teeny, tiny problem. Their parents kind of seem to hate each other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut 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?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOf course, just as their plan begins to unfold, a handsome, wealthy viscount starts calling on Beth, offering up the perfect, secure marriage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBeth’s not mature enough for this…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow Gwen must face the prospect of sharing Beth with someone else, forever. And Beth must reckon with the fact that she’s caught \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003efeelings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, hard, and they’re definitely not for her potential fiancé.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat’s the trouble with matchmaking: sometimes you accidentally fall in love with your best friend in the process.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ePlease note: If your preorder includes books with different release dates, your order will not ship until all titles have been released. If you’d like to receive them separately, please add a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookishboutiquellc.com\/products\/split-my-order\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSplit My Order\u003c\/a\u003e to your order.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookish Boutique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41342837096512,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0065\/4537\/5296\/files\/EmmaRAlban.png?v=1787540867","url":"https:\/\/bookishboutiquellc.com\/products\/dont-want-you-like-a-best-friend-by-emma-r-alban","provider":"Bookish Boutique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}