Current Standings:
Last time we met, we were rounding out the Sweet Sixteen. In Group 2, Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean beat The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham. Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian faced off against Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins in Group 4, with Sebastian prevailing. For Group 6, Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas had a decisive victory over Some Like It Scandalous. Fan favorite A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare beat underdog A Taste of Honey by Rose Lerner for Group 8.
Enemies to Lovers Alley
Full Bracket
Schedule:
Elite Eight (April 4th - 5th)
Group 1 - Beauty Tempts the Beast by Lorraine Heath vs Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean (April 4th, 8pm)
Group 2 - The Devil of Downtown by Joanna Shupe vs Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian (April 5th, 8pm)
Group 3 - The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite vs Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas (April 4th, 8pm)
Group 4 - The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan vs A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare (April 5th, 8pm)
Final Four
Group 1 - Winners of Elite Eight Groups 1 and 2 (April 7th, 8pm)
Group 2 - Winners of Elite Eight Groups 3 and 4 (April 7th, 8pm)
Championship
TBA (April 8th, 8pm)
Today's Books:
Group 1 - Beauty Tempts the Beast by Lorraine Heath vs Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean (April 4th, 8pm)
Group 3 - The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite vs Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas (April 4th, 8pm)
Author: Lorraine Heath
Publisher: Avon
Release: September 29, 2020
Series: Sins for All Seasons #6
Pages: 370
My Review: 5 Stars
Synopsis:
She wants lessons in seduction
Althea Stanwick was a perfect lady destined to marry a wealthy lord, until betrayal left her family penniless. Though she’s lost friends, fortune, and respectability, Althea has gained a scandalous plan. If she can learn to seduce, she can obtain power over men and return to Society on her terms. She even has the perfect teacher in mind, a man whose sense of honor and dark good looks belie his nickname: Beast.
But desire like this can’t be taught
Benedict Trewlove may not know his parentage but he knows where he belongs—on the dark side of London, offering protection wherever it’s needed. Yet no woman has ever made such an outrageous request as this mysterious beauty. Althea is out of place amongst vice and sin, even if she offers a wicked temptation he can’t resist. But as the truth of his origin emerges at last, it will take a fierce, wild love to overcome their pasts.
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Author: Sarah MacLean
Publisher: Avon
Release: June 19, 2018
Series: The Bareknuckle Bastards #1
Pages: 396
My Review: 5 Stars
Synopsis:
When Wicked Comes Calling...
When a mysterious stranger finds his way into her bedchamber and offers his help in landing a duke, Lady Felicity Faircloth agrees—on one condition. She's seen enough of the world to believe in passion, and won't accept a marriage without it.
The Wallflower Makes a Dangerous Bargain...
Bastard son of a duke and king of London's dark streets, Devil has spent a lifetime wielding power and seizing opportunity, and the spinster wallflower is everything he needs to exact a revenge years in the making. All he must do is turn the plain little mouse into an irresistible temptress, set his trap, and destroy his enemy.
For the Promise of Passion...
But there's nothing plain about Felicity Faircloth, who quickly decides she'd rather have Devil than another. Soon, Devil's carefully laid plans are in chaos, and he must choose between everything he's ever wanted...and the only thing he's ever desired.
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Author: Olivia Waite
Publisher: Avon Impulse
Release: June 25, 2019
Series: Feminine Pursuits #1
Pages: 322
My Review: 5 Stars
Synopsis:
As Lucy Muchelney watches her ex-lover’s sham of a wedding, she wishes herself anywhere else. It isn’t until she finds a letter from the Countess of Moth, looking for someone to translate a groundbreaking French astronomy text, that she knows where to go. Showing up at the Countess’ London home, she hoped to find a challenge, not a woman who takes her breath away.
Catherine St Day looks forward to a quiet widowhood once her late husband’s scientific legacy is fulfilled. She expected to hand off the translation and wash her hands of the project—instead, she is intrigued by the young woman who turns up at her door, begging to be allowed to do the work, and she agrees to let Lucy stay. But as Catherine finds herself longing for Lucy, everything she believes about herself and her life is tested.
While Lucy spends her days interpreting the complicated French text, she spends her nights falling in love with the alluring Catherine. But sabotage and old wounds threaten to sever the threads that bind them. Can Lucy and Catherine find the strength to stay together or are they doomed to be star-crossed lovers?
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Avon Impulse
The Ripped Bodice
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Author: Lisa Kleypas
Publisher: Avon
Release: May 31, 2016
Series: The Ravenels #2
Pages: 400
My Review: 5 Stars
Synopsis:
A ruthless tycoon.
Savage ambition has brought common-born Rhys Winterborne vast wealth and success. In business and beyond, Rhys gets exactly what he wants. And from the moment he meets the shy, aristocratic Lady Helen Ravenel, he is determined to possess her. If he must take her virtue to ensure she marries him, so much the better . . .
A sheltered beauty.
Helen has had little contact with the glittering, cynical world of London society. Yet Rhys’s determined seduction awakens an intense mutual passion. Helen’s gentle upbringing belies a stubborn conviction that only she can tame her unruly husband. As Rhys’s enemies conspire against them, Helen must trust him with her darkest secret. The risks are unthinkable . . . the reward, a lifetime of incomparable bliss.
And it all begins with . . . marrying Mr. Winterborne
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