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Dear Dolley, Please Save the Republic: A Witty, Closed-Door Presidential Rom-Com

Dear Dolley, Please Save the Republic: A Witty, Closed-Door Presidential Rom-Com

Paperback

Series: Patriots of the Heart: A Presidential Romance

Romance

ISBN13: 9798259098299
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 15 2026
Pages: 492
Weight: 0.96
Height: 1.22 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

He can build a government on paper.
She has to get everyone into the same room.

Dolley has survived widowhood. She has no intention of spending the rest of her life looking suitably grateful and quietly sad. Then she meets James Madison: brilliant, painfully awkward, and far more interested in her mind than polite society expects a man to be.

His proposal comes with a list. Her answer comes with conditions.

Their marriage soon has a crowded guest list. James understands principles; Dolley understands the people arguing over them. With carefully chosen seats, well-timed questions, and a little ice cream, she can turn a hostile dinner into a conversation worth having.

But being indispensable is not the same as being treated as an equal. When James starts relying on her to smooth every difficult encounter, Dolley refuses to become the unpaid solution to his public life. She wants a husband who will recognize her work, share the decisions, and stand beside her when doing so costs him.

Then war reaches Washington, and the choices they have practiced over dinner become matters of survival. Dolley must decide what can be saved. James must learn that loving her does not mean deciding for her.

Dear Dolley, Please Save the Republic reimagines James and Dolley Madison in a historical romantic comedy with sharp banter, opposites-attract chemistry, and kisses rather than explicit scenes. Their partnership earns a satisfying resolution, with a closing introduction to the next couple in Patriots of the Heart.

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