Leather & Lark
Brynne Weaver, 2024
A dark romantic comedy about two dangerous people whose marriage of convenience becomes the most inconvenient feeling of all.
Feels like tenderness, dread and wonder. About love.
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The strange tenderness of being called someone’s catastrophe.
My feckin’ catastrophe,” he says as his thumb coasts across my cheek. “You fucking destroyed me. And now I can’t imagine being anything but the man that I am with you. Brynne Weaver.The Ruinous Love series pairs a trade with a bird in its titles: Butcher & Blackbird, Leather & Lark, Scythe & Sparrow.
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- What is Leather & Lark like?
- Feels like tenderness, dread and wonder. About love.
- What should I read after Leather & Lark?
- If you liked Leather & Lark, try King of Wrath (Ana Huang), The Spanish Love Deception (Elena Armas) and To Sir Phillip, With Love (Julia Quinn).
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What it means when someone brings back the thing you miss most.
You can’t see the stars in New York,” Dante said. “So I brought the stars to you.
King of Wrath · Ana Huang
What it means to stop pretending and simply claim what you want.
Because when I finally take those lips in mine, it will be the furthest thing from pretending. I will not be showing you what it would be like if you were mine. I’ll show you what it is. And I sure as hell won’t be showing how good I could make you feel if you called me yours. You’ll already know that I am.
The Spanish Love Deception · Elena Armas
What if the thing you apologise for is the thing someone loves most?
I always loved everything about you, of course, but for some reason I always found your impatience especially charming. It was never because you wanted more, it was because you wanted everything.
To Sir Phillip, With Love · Julia Quinn
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