{"id":26595,"date":"2026-04-18T09:39:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=26595"},"modified":"2026-05-07T19:34:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:34:02","slug":"a-queer-trade-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/26595","title":{"rendered":"A Queer Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Queer Trade<\/em><\/a> (2015) K.J. Charles<\/a> (A Charm of Magpies World)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

\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

\u201cIs that your stuff making that bloody noise?\u201d <\/p>\n

Tredarloe\u2019s mouth dropped open. \u201cYou can hear it?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t hear it. That\u2019s the problem.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cYes!\u201d Tredarloe said. \u201cThat\u2019s exactly what it\u2019s meant to sound like!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sounds like something you can\u2019t hear?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Edward Isaac Hall, Crispin Tredarloe, Hepzibah Marleigh, Mrs. Burford, Mr. Burford, Esther Gold, <\/p>\n

Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Queer Trade (2015) K.J. Charles (A Charm of Magpies World) \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 \u201cIs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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_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":[194,27,30,938,292,33,196,148,41,26,56],"tags":[50,476,544],"class_list":["post-26595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7-5-10","category-alternate-history","category-british","category-dual-point-of-view","category-ebook","category-historical","category-novella","category-queer","category-reread","category-romance","category-sexual-content","tag-boinking","tag-kj-charles","tag-mm"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-6UX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10495,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/10495","url_meta":{"origin":26595,"position":0},"title":"A Queer Trade","author":"Michelle","date":"April 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A Queer Trade (2015) K.J. 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