"I wanted to write a really angsty, emotions-y, really classic historical romance," Hall said. "A Lady for a Duke," for example, features a trans woman in a Regency era setting, reconnecting with her best friend from whom she had once been separated on a battlefield. But they are united in containing characters across the queer spectrum. Hall calls himself "genrequeer" because he has written so many types of escapist romances, from rom-coms to historical books.
But the other hand, I think there is value in there being a choice," Hall said. There are people that don’t like the kind of books I write for that reason. Something that is more unflinching and less escapist has real value to a lot of people and other people. “There are plenty of people who find real value in darker stories, because there are people for whom that speaks to their real experience.
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