Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms by Sarah Wallace & S.O. Callahan

Roger not only had to prove himself to the Council, he also had to prove himself to Wyndham Wrenwhistle. Fae and humans alike are returning to London for the Season, but the excitement is marred by the growing poverty rate among humans with low magical scores. Tenacious Roger Barnes proposes a new rubric for testing magic to the Council, hoping to resolve the predicament for his fellow humans. But when he is paired with Wyndham Wrenwhistle, a dashing fae who has disliked him since childhood, the project seems destined to fail. Even after reaching a tentative truce, their fragile partnership crumbles due to malicious lies. Adding to the disarray, a popular gossip column unexpectedly announces that Roger and Wyn are engaged. Obliged to go along with the falsehood to save their families from scandal, they are forced to reconcile their differences for the sake of the rubric — and for their impending marriage. As the project bleeds into their wedding plans, the pressure to flawlessly execute both mounts even higher. Together, they have the chance to solve a crisis decades in the making — but they'll need more than magic to succeed.

Adult • Romance/Historical • Fantasy/Cozy, Low, Mundane, and Slice of Life • Diversity Representation/LGBTQ+ • Fantasy/Alternate History • Romance/Fantasy

Content Warning: on page sex scenes and prejudice between fae and humans

Reviewed by c_reads_books_ book blogger on 2025-04-17T20:10:57Z:

Reviewed by WaywardSky on 2025-03-06T05:31:59Z:

While I have a couple of negative comments, there are a lot of things to like about this book, especially the adorable, bully-to-boyfriends romance that morphs into something so honestly caring, sweet, protective, and pure as to utterly melt my heart.

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