Welcome to my 
 HR Purgatory shelf 
 ! 
 In Roman Catholicism, the purgatory is where the souls of the dead wander in an indefinite state. They stay in such a state unless they "become fit for heaven" at some point. Similarly, this shelf is where books that I am warned about stay--untouched and unread--unless a very compelling reason forces me to read them. 
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 Reason(s) for putting An Offer From a Gentleman in this shelf: 
 The hero only wants to make the heroine his mistress, because she was born a bastard. He keeps this up even after he takes her virginity. 
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 Thank you, Erika, for your review! (And thank you, sraxe, for flagging this for me!) 
 Erika's Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...