One of my characters is a billionaire when she married her husband he took her last name both because he wanted to get away from his family lineage, and because it would be silly too have her take his last name and while there is ‘ touch her and die’ she has sent entire crime rings after people for insulting him
also side note: unfortunately I’ve had a track record of disliking/DNFing queer books because I get disappointed that they don’t pull me into a place with people like me, and I’ve never intimately connected with the characters like I do with other books. my identity’s complicated so it’s hard to please me in queer fiction I guess. mentioning this before I say that I hated Gideon the Ninth
hmmmmm honestly i would say just try to find a book that hits all the tropes you love. sometimes we just don’t connect with the characters and that’s ok. maybe if you can find a book that checks all the boxes it will be easier to connect with characters since you know you’ll like the plot. that’s what i do whenever im in a slump