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sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote2018-03-16 04:20 pm

Convince yourself into going without, but I made up my mind to grow into something else

It gives me great pleasure on this bright, damp Friday afternoon to announce the publication of Jeannelle M. Ferreira's The Covert Captain.

You may have heard me mention this novel elliptically in past years as [personal profile] selkie's lesbian Regency romance. It is that and it's wonderful. It is set in a meticulously historical, wittily written 1822 that does not in the slightest elide the many ways of being queer in England of that time; it has horses, cross-dressing, family drama, pistols at dawn, a pianoforte at all hours, and a completely viable remix of "Sweet Polly Oliver" down to the nursing, minus the heteronormativity. It has Jewish characters like you won't find in Heyer. It has high-quality smut. It has protagonists I love even better than the supporting cast, and I treasure those wherever I find them. (There is a sequel already in progress and it has even more characters I like, not to mention representation.) It is now available for purchase in both print and e-copies and I am not grabbing my entire friendlist by the lapels about it because that would be rude, but I do think the great majority of you will enjoy it. I certainly do.



Nathaniel Fleming, veteran of Waterloo, falls in love with his Major's spinster sister, Harriet. But Nathaniel is not what he seems, and before the wedding, the truth will out . . .

Eleanor Charlotte Fleming, forgotten daughter of a minor baronet, stakes her life on a deception and makes her name—if not her fortune—on the battlefield. Her war at an end, she returns to England as Captain Nathaniel Fleming and wants nothing more than peace, quiet, and the company of horses. Instead, Captain Fleming meets Harriet. Harriet has averted the calamity of matrimony for a decade, cares little for the cut of her gowns, and is really rather clever. Falling in love is not a turn of the cards either of them expected. Harriet accepts Captain Fleming, but will she accept Eleanor? Along the way, there are ballrooms, stillrooms, mollyhouses, society intrigue, and sundering circumstance.
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[personal profile] ethelmay 2018-03-18 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Well, damn. Can't find it on Kobo, which keeps trying to sell me things like How to Become an Oil-seed meat [sic] Presser, by Jeanelle Weed. (If you doubt my word, cast your optics upon https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/how-to-become-a-oilseed-meat-presser-1 )


Synopsis
This publication will teach you the basics of how to become a Oilseed-meat Presser. With step by step guides and instructions, you will not only have a better understanding, but gain valuable knowledge of how to become a Oilseed-meat Presser
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[personal profile] selkie 2018-03-18 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
That looks like an incredible work of art, but it isn't mine! Alas! My life would have such value if I had a lucrative side hustle in food oils!

I have Kobo files! I could get one to you by email! But I can't put them up for public sale for 88 more days. Do you have Paypal/Venmo and an email address you're willing to share at russetblack at gmail dot com?

ETA: it requires your knowing how to side-load or hard-load the file onto your Kobo, a thing with which I cannot help. I just hate to make anyone wait.
Edited 2018-03-18 12:37 (UTC)
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[personal profile] hawkwing_lb 2018-03-21 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you suppose that you might be able to let me buy an epub off you? (I've ordered the hardcopy, but, well. It's shipped, and will arrive in a week, and I'm feeling kind of antsy.)
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[personal profile] selkie 2018-03-21 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I am certain we could exchange things electronically to collective satisfaction. Russetblack at gmail.com with your favorite email for such things?
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[personal profile] hawkwing_lb 2018-03-21 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Emailed, thank you.