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    Groom of Convenience

    By Vicktor Alexander

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    Scandalous Whispers of the Remmington Realm: Book One

    In an alternate universe, in the country of Angland, 1814, the gentry live lives of culture and class. It is a time of courtships, marriages of convenience, and titles, where scandal can ruin an entire family. Gender lines are blurred, and making a good match is of utmost importance. Children are born to men and women, which has led to the acceptance of same-sex marriages.

    Lady Lucien Timothy Hawthorne is shocked and angry when he is betrothed against his will to Lord Heathcliff Eddington, III, the Duke of Pompinshire. While drowning his frustration at a popular gentleman's club, he meets "Robert," a gorgeous older man whom he sleeps with as "Timmy," regardless of the potential damage to his reputation.

    After their liaison, Lucien corresponds with Robert via letters left at Remmington, and they decide to elope. Before they can get away, Lucien meets his betrothed, Heathcliff, who he is surprised to discover is also his beloved, Robert. Both men desire a marriage of the heart, but they find out that sometimes a marriage of convenience can turn into love under the right circumstances. But Lucien has a secret, and Tlondon isn't as safe as they once thought.


    2015 Rainbow Awards Best Transgender Fiction & Best Transgender Book Runner-Up

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamspinner Press
    Release dateOct 17, 2014
    ISBN9781632161147
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    • 5/5
      Historical novels, and Regency romances in particular, are not my usual kind of literature. Yet I have read enough of them to know what a Regency romance feels like, and this novel is, in many respects, a perfect example of that genre. And yet, it is also very different. For one thing, it is set in an alternate reality where most of the historical facts of 1814 are the same as in our reality, but while the role of women is exactly as limited and oppressed as it used to be in “our” 1814, the rest of society and most interpersonal conditions are somewhat different. As concepts for alternate realities go, this one is pretty unique and I enjoyed the book immensely for precisely that reason.

      So what does this world look like? The familiar parts are that men and women have different and prescribed roles; men are considered superior, and women are supposed to stay at home and bear children. However, who is a man and who is a woman is determined by whether or not he or she can sire children versus having a womb and being able to bear children, not by the gender they are born into. This results in male men and male women both taking on the roles of providers, warriors, political leaders, etc. On the other hand, female and male women are the ones who bear children, stay at home, and are less educated and considered “weaker”. Confused? I have to admit it took a bit of getting used to, but it makes as much – or as little – sense as the way we determine gender roles and sexuality. Intersex people are more common in this world than in ours, and what we would consider trans people – those presenting a different gender than their biology indicates – are numerous and treated like everyone else. All in all it made me realize –even more than ever before – how ridiculously limiting a binary gender system is and how old-fashioned and nonsensical fixed gender roles are.

      Lady Lucien is the youngest son of Lord and Lady Yorkshire, and a male woman. He is interested in reading, history, and referred to as quiet. He doesn’t like the fact that he is limited in what he can do just because he has a womb, but he is no “revolutionary” ready to take to the streets in protest. When his parents inform him he is to be married to a man they consider a good match but one Lucien doesn’t know - a duke with a rakish reputation twenty years older than his eighteen years – Lucien is angry. Refusing to let them take this choice away from him, he ends up at a gentleman’s club and gives his virginity to a stranger – a man of his choosing. The consequences of this encounter will make his life a lot more difficult than he is ready for.

      Duke Heathcliffe is the only son of one of the highest-ranked (after the king) nobles in Angland, a male man who has a distinguished war record, and not someone interested in marriage in any way, shape, or form. When his parents inform him they have made an advantageous-to-them match and he is to marry some innocent lady who is much too young for him, he rebels and sleeps with the first attractive woman he runs into – only to find out a few days later that the woman he met as “Timmy” is his betrothed. Heath would have never thought he could fall for someone like Lucien, but then, Lucien isn’t exactly the “average” noble woman of his time.

      What follows are the ups and downs of a typical regency romance where the focus is on avoiding scandal (and Lucien and Heath have a lot of scandals to avoid!), presenting one’s family well in society, and making sure one’s position is never compromised. There is very little action and lots of drama, but most of my enjoyment came from Lucien and Heath braving their respective families, making and avoiding cutting remarks, and dealing with the envy of those less fortunate than them. Sneaking into bedrooms and getting the servants or sisters to help make contact featured large in this novel, and led to some hilarious situations.

      If you like Regency romances with a twist, if you enjoy tales about arranged marriages that turn into passionate affairs of the heart, and if you’re ready to have your idea of gender and sexuality challenged and expanded, then you will probably enjoy this novel as much as I did. It is a refreshing and very critical look at the way we define and limit gender and sexuality, and I look forward to reading more stories set in this world.