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HaBO: Hero is an Executioner

This HaBO is from Alexion, who is looking for a historical romance:

I don’t remember a whole lot about this book, but I do remember that I picked it up in a library somewhere between 2010 and 2014. Don’t remember anything about the cover or title.

The guy is an appointed executioner by whatever governing body controls the area. Thought it might be Gallow’s Pole by Eris Adderly because it fit a lot of the criteria, but it’s missing some key scenes from my fuzzy memory! Particularly the part where the lady is harassing the guy at his front door about stopping the execution. She tries bribing him, too, I think. And the scene where she actually goes to see the guy to-be-executed at the jail and they talk about ideas on freeing him.

I also have a vague memory about a scene in which she’s comforting him (executioner) about something in his house, and he’s crying on her shoulder, and his sobs gradually turn into hot and heavy breathing, and things get steamy. He might be a widower? Maybe? That could have been what he was upset about when she was consoling him.

I remember he’s rich, but has no need for the wealth, and lives on the edges of town away from people in a modest home. Don’t remember anything at all about the girl, unfortunately. Probably set in Europe somewhere between 1500s and 1800s.

Let’s HaBO!

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  1. FashionablyEvil says:

    Man, this HaBO is the kind of thing that reminds me that there’s something for everyone out there. (I cannot even begin to imagine writing a hero who’s an executioner.)

  2. Noseinabook says:

    The Hangman’s Daughter series by Oliver Potzsch is very close to what you describe, but they are more mystery than romance. I haven’t read them all so it may be a later one.
    I would definitely recommend them to fans of Ariana Franklin’s Mistress of the Art of Death series.

  3. DonnaMarie says:

    I realize not all libraries are created equal, but my kibrary account has a reading history feature that shows me everything I’ve ever checked out unless I purposely delete it. It’s a VERY long list, but it’s sorted oldest to newest so pretty easy to locate things, if I know approximately when I read it.

    Also, sorry, no help on the HABO.

  4. Rebecca says:

    In the United States for Privacy Issues they aren’t allowed to keep a record of what you have checked out. (from Quora) This prevents law enforcement coming in a subpoenaing reading records. Libraries feel you read about what you need to know about, and it’s no one else’s business but yours. But now with ebooks, Overdrive will let you save your history. So that doesn’t help, but it is interesting how different countries do things differently.

  5. Lynn Pauley says:

    Actually, I work at a library that has the Polaris software for circulation. It will allow patrons to keep a history of what they check out. BUT, the requirement is that it is the patron’s decision to turn this function on — we cannot do it for them. That way, they are aware of the risks and limitations.

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