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marycatelli ([personal profile] marycatelli) wrote2025-06-04 11:32 pm

Just Stab Me Now

Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup

A comic tale of a writer taking off into fantasy romance for a break. And to escape her frustrating job.

Her notion of a heroine hits the actual heroine, who is middle-aged, a widow, and the mother of two children trying desperately to protect them.

Not to mention a Hot Enemy who does not conform to the trope.

It involves a problem CFO, the heroine's status as a foreign citizen (yes, it's a Fantasyland, I wondered a bit that she was not a subject), a masquerade ball, getting a management presentation working, a war, and more.

Though aspiring writers should note that YMMV as to the problems writing can give you.

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