Just Stab Me Now
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4.8 • 44 Ratings
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
A desperate mother. A dubious escort.
And a deranged author who won't leave them alone.
Caroline Lindley is determined that her new romance novel will be her best one yet. Fantasy! Formal gowns! Fencing! And, of course, a twentysomething heroine to star in an enemies-to-lovers plot with all of Caroline's favourite tropes.
But Lady Rosamund Hawkhurst is a thirty-six-year-old widow. She has a war to stop and two children to get home to and flatly refuses to take the correct approach to there being Only One Bed.
What's an author to do? Especially when discussions with her editor might reveal that he and Rosamund's Hot Enemy have some suspicious similarities . . .
Based on her popular Fantasy Heroine YouTube Shorts series, Jill Bearup's debut novel brings us the best of worlds both meta and medieval-inspired as enemies-to-BFFs Rosamund and Caroline learn what it means to be the hero of your own story.
Swords optional.
Customer Reviews
Just stand me now - Fun and full of surprises
Jill writes a great story, I loved it, her ability to bring all of the characters together and have them interact in a way that is fun to follow. Thanks Jill for sharing this with us.
this is genuinely fantastic
a meta-commentary on the fantasy genre, combining the in-in-world fantasy romance in the in-world contemporary romance, is actually exactly what i needed and more, thank you very much.
i’ve followed jill bearup on youtube for a long time now, and i look up to her because she knows a lot about swords and armor and fights scenes (both well- and poorly-crafted) in media. i also look up to her because of her unabashed support of the throne room fight scene in the last jedi. after reading this book, it’s cool to look up to her as a fellow writer, too.
(and even though she’s sworn to never write a book again, i would be delighted if she did).
Healthy Techie/Fantasy Romance
This story simply made me happy. I have read too many big name books that are riddled with infuriating degrees of inconsistency.
I needed this gentle story and the fits of cackling to restore my faith that there are good writers out there.
This is a safe story that handles some bigger emotions in a healthy way. The tense moments never spiral too far out of control and there is enough closure to resolve every tension the reader receives.
Absolutely worth the read.