The Duchess War

I am not a romance reader (fic does it better and is queerer), but enough people suggested Courtney Milan as a well-written exception that I gave it a shot. 

I thought I was getting regency cishets, and I did, but with a big dose of labor rights and unionization. Hell yeah!

Still not my genre, but this surpassed my (low) expectations. Well written, tolerable sex scenes, healthy relationships and communication. Probably better than 90% of romance novels. 

May or may not care enough to continue the series.