{"id":27928,"date":"2026-10-18T19:08:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T23:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=27928"},"modified":"2026-10-23T21:11:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T01:11:30","slug":"the-geographers-map-to-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/27928","title":{"rendered":"The Geographer’s Map to Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Geographer’s Map to Romance<\/em><\/a> (2025) India Holton<\/a> (Love’s Academic #2)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>A year earlier, Elodie Hughes and Gabriel Tarrant entered into a marriage of convenience. Unfortunately, a week into the marriage everything went terribly wrong and the two have barely spoken since.<\/p>\n

Which is mildly problematic since they are both professors in the Geography department. And since they are both emergency responders.<\/p>\n

(G)eographers had long ago learned that if you announced a site of dangerous magic existed nearby and might explode at any given moment, it wouldn\u2019t so much induce panic as send people rushing to that site so they could poke their finger in it, take their photograph beside it, and establish a souvenir shop at the edge.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is a very silly story that takes great delight in playing with tropes.<\/p>\n

The skirt was salaciously short, just four inches below her knees, and tall boots only superficially protected her legs from the scandal of visibility.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is, of course, only one bed.<\/p>\n

And ridiculousness.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t worry,\u201d Elodie assured her. \u201cIgnis fatuus energy tends to be short-lived. In about an hour or so they\u2019ll transform back into people, with no lingering harm other than an inclination toward vegetarianism.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re Texans!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh dear,\u201d Elodie repeated, wincing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I mean…<\/p>\n

After all, there\u2019s only one way to escape quirksand.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHm,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWaltzing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHm,\u201d he said again.<\/p>\n

\u201cWalt. Zing.\u201d The dance of romance.
\n…
\n\u201cYou do know how to waltz?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery emergency geographer learns how,\u201d he answered stiffly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s very silly, which is sometimes precisely what one needs.<\/p>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Elodie Hughes Tarrant, Gabriel Tarrant, Henry Beetleson, Motthers, Miss Amelia Tarrant, Mr. Parry, Tegan Parry, Algernon Jennings, Baby, Mr. Bloyd, Mumbers, Pimmersby & Hapsitch, Professor Woodrow Jackson, Professor Slummery<\/p>\n

Cover design by Katie Anderson<\/p>\n

Publisher: Berkley Romance<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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