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    Unmasked by the Marquess: The Regency Impostors

    By Cat Sebastian

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    One of Library Journal's Best Romances of 2018

    The one you love…

    Robert Selby is determined to see his sister make an advantageous match. But he has two problems: the Selbys have no connections or money and Robert is really a housemaid named Charity Church. She’s enjoyed every minute of her masquerade over the past six years, but she knows her pretense is nearing an end. Charity needs to see her beloved friend married well and then Robert Selby will disappear…forever.

    May not be who you think…

    Alistair, Marquess of Pembroke, has spent years repairing the estate ruined by his wastrel father, and nothing is more important than protecting his fortune and name. He shouldn’t be so beguiled by the charming young man who shows up on his doorstep asking for favors. And he certainly shouldn’t be thinking of all the disreputable things he’d like to do to the impertinent scamp.

    But is who you need…

    When Charity’s true nature is revealed, Alistair knows he can’t marry a scandalous woman in breeches, and Charity isn’t about to lace herself into a corset and play a respectable miss. Can these stubborn souls learn to sacrifice what they’ve always wanted for a love that is more than they could have imagined?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateApr 17, 2018
    ISBN9780062820655
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    Unmasked by the Marquess: The Regency Impostors
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    Cat Sebastian

    Cat Sebastian writes queer historical romances. Cat’s books include We Could Be So Good and the Turner series, and have received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist. Before writing, Cat was a lawyer and a teacher and did a variety of other jobs she liked much less than she enjoys writing happy endings for queer people. She was born in New Jersey and lived in New York and Arizona before settling down in a swampy part of the South. When she isn’t writing, she’s probably reading, having one-sided conversations with her dog, or doing the crossword puzzle.

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    • 5/5
      I've loved all the books so far in Ms. Sebastian's Seducing the Sedgwicks and The Turner series, and was actually a bit bummed when I saw from the cover and the description of this one that Charity was a woman (and further that Alistair was quite obviously a man) but knew that I enjoyed her writing anyway, so I was sure to like this book too... (not to mention I obviously read M/F Regencies all the time, so...)But then I heard Ms. Sebastian on an episode of the podcast The Wicked Wallflowers Club and learned that Charity was actually nonbinary and Alistair was bi, and knew that all was right again with the world. Honestly, I would have read it anyway, because I have loved all her books so far, but I really do look forward to seeing how her characters will navigate the situations that their orientation and the time period will throw their way...plus, I just love her writing. Have I mentioned this? ;)Alistair and Charity/Robin's romance is absolutely delightful. I was (pleasantly) surprised when Alistair found out rather earlier than I'd expected about the whole Robin-impersonating-Robbie bit, but of course it ended up being at exactly the right time because there were so many other aspects of the story that needed to be worked out before they could reach their HEA. Watching Alistair go from a rather stuffy prig to the much looser, much happier man he is at the end thanks to Robin's influence was absolutely delightful. (I wasn't his biggest fan in the beginning, but by the end was starting to think of him with lots of exclamation points: The kitten! A goose! His spectacles! etc.) I did love from the start, though, that even though he seemed to have a stick up his posterior about so many things that his own bisexuality wasn't something that bothered him at all.Plus, he did get over himself eventually and came to realize what Robin needed without being hit over the head with it, so...And I loved, loved, loved that Robin stuck to her guns and refused to be less than she was, even if it meant that she might not (gasp!) end up with Alistair in the end. I loved even more how Ms. Sebastian did get them to their HEA eventually, and can't wait to see where else this series is going to take us.(And don't skip the author's note at the end--I need to get my hands on some of the history she researched for this one. Sounds fascinating!)Rating: 4 1/2 stars / A-I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
    • 4/5
      super fun! super sweet. it lost some of the tension and stakes towards the last third, so i was worried i wouldn't like it as much but it picked up again and i loved it.

      i feel like this book is incorrectly marketed as having a trans main character. the main protagonist is non-binary! so, not cis. yah!

      happy to read more of sebastian's work in the future for sure.

    • 4/5
      The conflicts in this book do not come from where you expect them to. Alistair finds out who Robin actually is fairly early in the book and does not much care about what the contents of her pants are. (Robin is, per the author's note, nonbinary but unlikely to use anything but "she" pronouns simply because they wouldn't bother her, so I'll stick with "she" and "Robin," the name she thinks of herself by at the end of the story, for any part of this review where the "Robert" disguise isn't front and center.) The issues arise partly from the fraud upon which Robin's life as Robert is built, which make it impossible to remain "Robert Selby" any longer than absolutely necessary, and partly from Alistair's reluctance to have a long-term partner who is anything but his wife, after having suffered in the reflected scandal of his father and his mistresses. And there are certain expectations for the wife of a Marquess that don't involve dressing and conducting herself like a man. Many of these issues are wrapped up rather quickly but in my estimation it was clear enough that it wasn't entirely without repercussions- just that they'd decided what social repercussions a Marquess could bluster his way through and what they were all willing to live with. It did have the effect of making a story with so many complications actually seem fairly low conflict, but the characters are delightful, the plot is different, and the book is all around thoroughly charming.
    • 4/5
      I can't say that I 100% believe that the scenario depicted in this story could be true, but I can say that I 100% don't care. Great story, lovely people, lgbtq in history, hurrah! The part I'm not so sure about isn't that gender fluid people didn't exist or lead successful lives in the past -- it's more the idea that a Marquess would have so much power that he could tell everyone to piss off and they would just accept it, but now that I think about it, that's kind of what the British Aristocracy has always been about, so??? Gah, weird.
    • 5/5
      Recommended for fans of imposters, shenanigans, gender flouting, convention flouting, Regency romance, aunts. The characters are charming, the writing carried me along gaily, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I particularly appreciated how Robin repeatedly compels Alistair to face the reality of Robin's situation, and how the rules that uphold Alistair shackle Robin; and how this leads to stepwise, gradual and imperfect mutual growth rather than a Damascene moment. In addition, the mechanics of *how* Alistair uses his influence are presented convincingly. He doesn't rely on gullibility, but on the licence given to the powerful, the calculated support of those who wish to earn his favour, and also on the unspoken social complexities (of birth, gender, sexuality, and more) that actually underlie the 'proper' Regency society and everyone's shared interest in leaving that boat unrocked.
    • 5/5
      I'm not sure I have the proper words to describe how much I loved this book. The writing flowed easily and had moments that I can only describe as poetry.

      Alastair seems like an unsympathetic character at first, but further into the story you realize he doesn't really have a cold heart, only ice walls around it.
      “Robin, I don’t think I’ll ever have the words to describe what you did for me. I was living a half life until that day you let Louisa’s bonnet loose in Hyde Park. Portia says I was on ice, and she has the right of it. I wasn’t living. I was only . . . there.”
      I loved Robin. She is spring, and self-sacrifice, and will of steel and human.
      “Well,” she said, her eyes wet, “somebody really ought to build a statue of me. I’m amazing.”
      And they were perfect together.
      "For weeks she had felt lucky to be desired by a man who was open-minded enough to tolerate her strange attire. But it occurred to her now [...] that it wasn’t a question of toleration. He liked this. He liked her, funny clothes and odd hair and the entire in-betweenness of her. She wasn’t an ordinary woman, but he wasn’t an ordinary man either. They fit together, and it felt right."
      [...]
      "He felt sorry for the man he had been before knowing Robin. That man had been worried about all the wrong things—money and prestige and respectability, but like she said, those things were only feathers, useless until you fly."
      I have no more words. Just, if you're a fan of any kind of historical romance, go and read this NOW.
    • 4/5
      This was a delightful surprise of a book. I have not read many other historicals that put bi and gender non-binary characters up front and center, and made those characters interesting without resorting to the use of stereotypes (camp, promiscuity, mother attachment, etc.) It was also nice to see a gender fluid person who was purely het (based on gender assignment at birth) which is something I see among friends and acquaintances, but don't see much of in books. Also, as mentioned, I really liked these characters and rooted for them, and just plain enjoyed their story. The book wasn't perfect. I didn't like how Sebastian handled Louisa as a character or how she handled her romance with Gilbert (I realize they were not the central couple, but I still needed more info to understand why Robin and Alistair liked/loved them and sacrificed on their behalf. I had similar issues with underdrawn side characters. All in all though a really enjoyable read from an author I have been meaning to read for a while and had not gotten to. (Also, Cat Sebastian is in my every growing go-to list of romance/erotica writers who used to be lawyers. As an ex-lawyer myself, it pleases me enormously to find, read and support all these women succeeding after running from the law. They sort of feel like family.)
    • 4/5
      Not my favorite CS, perhaps my least favorite (which is likely still shelving it in my top 75 romances). It wasn’t the threads and complication for me, but I felt like it took a good 20-35% to sink my teeth into. In the end, it was lovely and sweet, though Charity’s decision irked me at the end (not how the come back together, rather that she basically doesn’t accept his proposal without conditions?) , I indeed understood it, but felt something missing. All in all, another delightful story from Cat Sebastian.
    • 2/5
      A nobleman falls in love with someone impersonating a dead man.2/4 (Indifferent).This is the first romance novel I've read, and it's very much not for me. The dialog felt unnatural, the characters didn't feel real, and [spoilers] the climax of the story is Not Even In The Book. (The main character just leaves, then comes back and says, "Oh, by the way, I feel differently now, and everything's good, the end.")