{"id":22186,"date":"2023-08-31T07:22:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T11:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=22186"},"modified":"2026-03-22T10:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:32:26","slug":"a-queer-trade-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/22186","title":{"rendered":"A Queer Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A Queer Trade<\/em> (2016) <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/romance\/Charles_KJ.php\">K.J. Charles<\/a> (Rag and Bone)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/44y7Nt3\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/a-queer-trade.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A Queer Trade\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/a-queer-trade.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/a-queer-trade.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/a-queer-trade.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/a-queer-trade.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s the way of things. Burn your love letters, or have \u2019em put in the ground with you, or they\u2019ll be tomorrow\u2019s packing paper.\u201d Hall gave a slightly rueful smile. \u201cI put \u2019em aside for packing, when I notice, rather than foul use.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Publisher: KJ Charles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Queer Trade (2016) K.J. Charles (Rag and Bone) \u201cIt\u2019s the way of things. Burn your love letters, or have \u2019em put in the ground with you, or they\u2019ll be tomorrow\u2019s packing paper.\u201d Hall gave a slightly rueful smile. \u201cI put \u2019em aside for packing, when I notice, rather than foul use.\u201d Publisher: KJ Charles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[194,30,292,2,196,148,41,26,56,16],"tags":[476,544,557],"class_list":["post-22186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7-5-10","category-british","category-ebook","category-fantasy","category-novella","category-queer","category-reread","category-romance","category-sexual-content","category-supernatural","tag-kj-charles","tag-mm","tag-victorian"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-5LQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26595,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/26595","url_meta":{"origin":22186,"position":0},"title":"A Queer Trade","author":"Michelle","date":"April 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A Queer Trade (2015) K.J. 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I have complicated feelings about this story, and I'm pretty sure they're all on me and not the story. \u201cWhat does he do?\u201d Pen paused. \u201cHe didn\u2019t say, actually. We mostly talked about, well, me.\u201d\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;7.5\/10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"7.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/7-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"An Unsuitable Heir","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/An-Unsuitable-Heir.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":24629,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24629","url_meta":{"origin":22186,"position":3},"title":"An Unsuitable Heir","author":"Michelle","date":"June 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"An Unsuitable Heir (2017) KJ Charles (Sins of the Cities, #3) Set in London and Norfolk England in 1873 I do like Mark. \"Gone back off home now to bring down the Empire, trzymajmy kciuki.\u201d He tipped his glass. \u201cWhat was that?\u201d \u201cPolish. Means \u2018Let\u2019s keep our fingers crossed.\u2019?\u201d \u201cDid\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;7.5\/10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"7.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/7-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"An Unsuitable Heir","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/An-Unsuitable-Heir.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10495,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/10495","url_meta":{"origin":22186,"position":4},"title":"A Queer Trade","author":"Michelle","date":"April 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A Queer Trade (2015) K.J. Charles (Rag & Bone) This is a short story I picked up because I liked another series of hers I read, and the idea of an historical fantasy was worth checking out. Crispin Tredarloe is a practitioner. He is also going to be in a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;British&quot;","block_context":{"text":"British","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/british"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/a-queer-trade.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":26603,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/26603","url_meta":{"origin":22186,"position":5},"title":"Rag and Bone","author":"Michelle","date":"April 20, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Rag and Bone (2016) KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies World) He gave it a cautious shake, heard the faintest rattle. A sealed jug, full of something. He could break the seal, prise off the wax, and have a look inside. 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