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A flock of metallic starlings (Aplonis metallica) at a nest site in Australia

by Dustin Huntington

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Sometimes our couple dances at dinnertime. Sometimes they do not finish dinner.

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old hannibal ditty

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for a lack of a better word, we will call him a monster

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Ever since Laura Beckett and Seth Marshall were children, they’ve always loved one another—only, they didn’t realize they were in love until it was too late.

Knowing they can never be wed due to their class difference—he, a schoolteacher-turned-military-captain, and she, an heiress—as well as her arranged, loveless engagement to a Pennsylvanian congressman, Laura attempts to dissuade Seth’s affections by putting up barriers. Only, he scales them. Repeatedly.

Amidst their tentative dance around their plight, Seth is fooled by an insincere offer to trade a prisoner of war, and uses his rank to stage an exchange. Only, the trade fails with fatal consequences. The guilt spirals him headlong into an unhealthy dependence upon Laura’s passionate touch. Unfortunately for the ardent couple, Laura’s father grows deathly ill during their romance, and she must choose between obeying his final wish with her engagement, or following her heart.

Tropes you'll enjoy:

childhood friends-to-lovers

inexperienced man x experienced woman

class difference

mutual pining

secret relationship

forbidden love

man in uniform

military romance

tortured hero

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BOOK ONE (this is a three-part historical romance series that can be read as standalones set during the American Revolution)

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“Never push a loyal person to the point where they no longer care.”

— Unknown

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“i didn’t like the book hannibal bc it was too out of character for clarice starling to eat krendler and run off with lecter”

dude she’s like 5 feet of fury and had her career destroyed bc she wouldn’t suck a man’s dick like??? she wanted to be treated like a queen until she died and who better to run off with than the rich guy who compared her to jesus christ and a majestic war griffin let’s be real