Dont Want You Like a Best Friend: A Novel (The Mischief & Matchmaking Series, 1)

A swoonworthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from having to seek husbands by setting up their widowed parents, and instead find their perfect match in each otherthe lesbian Bridgerton/Parent Trap you never knew you needed!Gwen has a brilliant beyond brilliant idea.Its 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. But playing the blushing ingenue makes Beths skin crawl and shed rather be anywhere but here.Gwen, on the other hand, is on her fourth season and counting, with absolutely no intention of finding a husband, possibly ever. She figures she has plenty of security as the only daughter of a rakish earl, from whom shes gotten all her flair, fun, and lessthanproper party games.Lets get them together, she says.It doesnt take long for Gwen to hatch her latest scheme: rather than surrender Beth to courtship, they should set up Gwens father and Beths newly widowed mother. Let them get married instead.Itll be easy she says.Theres justone, teeny, tiny problem. Their parents kind of seem to hate each other.But no worries. Beth and Gwen are more than up to the challenge of a little twentyyearold heartbreak. How hard can parenttrapping widowed exlovers be?Of course, just as their plan begins to unfold, a handsome, wealthy viscount starts calling on Beth, offering up the perfect, secure marriage.Beths not mature enough for thisNow Gwen must face the prospect of sharing Beth with someone else, forever. And Beth must reckon with the fact that shes caught feelings, hard, and theyre definitely not for her potential fianc.Thats the trouble with matchmaking: sometimes you accidentally fall in love with your best friend in the process.