Banner O'Brien by Linda Lael Miller
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Banner O\'Brien is the worst possible lady doctor in 19th century Washington State, which I guess also makes her the best lady doctor around (but no, she is not good at this doctoring thing.)\\xa0 Adam Corbin is the biggest assholes in 19th century Washington State and he does have plenty of competition.\\xa0 They yell.\\xa0 They slap.\\xa0 They do it, a lot.\\xa0 He\'s always "plundering" her various underclothes businesses.\\xa0 They keep truly amazing secrets from each other.\\xa0 It\'s a ride!
This book has some pretty serious content warnings - a pretty awful abusive relationship in the past, lots of slapping, disciplinary spanking, racist language and portrayals of racist attitudes towards indigenous and Asian people (the book doesn\'t condone it but does use some ill-considered words.)\\xa0 Family gaslighting!\\xa0 Secret leprosy!\\xa0 (Yes I did say secret leprosy, keep up.)\\xa0 It\'s got a lot going on, but it\'s one of those "turned up to 11" books where none of this seems particularly realistic.
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