seriously romantic: the marquis and i by ella quinn

so i'm always a little skeeved out by regency romance novels that start out with the lead hero having a mistress or visiting prostitutes. it's kind of gross. the marquis and i starts out like this too, except the heroine is so opposed to men having mistresses that she basically believes the hero to be an abuser of women and a seriously vile human being.

even though constatine, lord kenilworth is actually the guy who came to her help when she was abducted by some thugs out to sell her into sexual slavery. so then, even though i think he's kind of gross, i'm also don't believe he's an abuser of women because he has a mistress. yes there are some power dynamics in play that are horrifically anti-feminist, but i also think that the mistress has some agency. so it's weird.

this is a weird issue to base the foundation of a romance novel on. listen on the one hand, con is actually pretty open-minded. and when he's challenged by lady charlotte to ask his mistress why she went into the business of mistressing, he's man enough to admit his preconceived notions are wrong. and he goes out to fix them. and then he sets out to woo charlotte. and he does a pretty spectacular job. like there's some other dude who is kind of a contender but it's clear early on that con has the advantage. in the end, the romance is elevated because con is actually a really good guy. he grows and changes. and charlotte stops coming off as a super naive do-gooder and instead lives up to the intelligence and resourcefulness we first see in her.

**the marquis and i will publish on february 27, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/kensington press (zebra) in exchange for my honest review.

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