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honor and heresy by max francis
In this strange dark academic romance, Roy Donsev is more interested in the humanities than his country’s war, which is really too bad. This means that, as a scholar, he must devote his time to studying philosophy rather than studying the enemy as he would like to do, but this presents its own problems. She must go to the Orphic Basilica, an ancient and abandoned library that is very haunted. And then there’s Percival Atherton, her investigation partner, who can be charming as well as mean. The two become trapped in the library in a terrible blizzard, and must grapple with secrets that threaten their country… and even a budding romance.