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  • Published: 9 April 2024
  • ISBN: 9781405966122
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $22.99

More than a Best Friend

The Lesbian Bridgerton you didn’t know you needed




The first spicy, swoony, queer rom-com in the Mischief and Matchmaking series

Love is more than just a game for two.

It’s 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street.

Gwen, on the other hand, is on her fourth season and counting, with absolutely no intention of finding a husband, possibly ever. She has plenty of security as the only daughter of a rakish earl, from whom she’s inherited her penchant for drinking too much and dancing ‘til dawn.

Beth and Gwen are enchanted with each other on sight. And it doesn’t take long for Gwen to hatch her latest scheme: rather than join the husband hunt, they should set up Gwen’s father and Beth’s newly-widowed mother.

They had a fling years ago, after all…

Can Beth and Gwen find a way to defy convention and be together? And will their parents find love along the way too?

  • Published: 9 April 2024
  • ISBN: 9781405966122
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $22.99

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Praise for More than a Best Friend

Gives us all the top tier wit, spice, and swoons.... One to watch!

Evie Dunmore, USA Today bestselling author of Bringing Down the Duke

Sweet, angsty, and ingeniously subversive. A delightfully refreshing historical romance!

Amalie Howard, USA Today bestselling author

A beautifully rendered setting, whip-smart banter, and a cast of characters that are so easy to love… an instant voice to watch

Carlyn Greenwald, author of Sizzle Reel
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