KJ Charles is great, although I mainly enjoyed her earlier works --- Think of England is one of my top favorites ever, as is the Magpie trilogy, and I loved her series The Society of Gentlemen. Band Sinister was a fun standalone.
I'd have to see more examples of hard no's. I do read m/m romance obviously so that's not one I consider a hard no --- but it's a very popular genre as I see on GR, so I wouldn't put in a "usually no" category anyway. I can certainly see many not interested in that sub-genre, though
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