Day of the Duchess: Scandal & Scoundrel, Book III | 
pickGod, Sera and Mal's story is compelling. I think the fairly unique structure has a lot to do with it - not often we see two people repairing their existing marriage! And when you add the Dangerous Daughters, Caleb Calhoun, and Ladies Lilith and Felicity, things get wildly fun. Best installment in this series! #historicalromance
pickThis is the book Sarah MacLean said she‘d pick to outlive her, if she could only choose one. I liked it, but it‘s not my favorite. It lacks some of the humor I‘ve come to expect, although the Dangerous Daughters did provide much needed comic relief. Also, kudos to MacLean for making me so invested in Sera and Malcolm‘s story that I feared they wouldn‘t get their HEA, and had to keep reading for my own peace of mind.
My #weeklyforecast - I hope to finish ADSOM today. Sarah MacLean said the book she hopes outlives her is the tagged one, so I want to reread the first two books in that series and then read this one. Plus, the last of the Bareknuckle Bastards books comes out Tuesday. Hopefully I‘ll get my preorder this week and I want to read that, too. 😍
LOVED V. E. Schwab‘s No Write Way with Sarah MacLean. So much good stuff in this episode and my reading for the next few days is now planned out, I think. 💖 Available now on IGTV and then V will have it up on her YouTube channel in a couple of weeks.
pickCompletely unrealistic, nothing about this would happen in real life considering all the trauma. But somehow beautiful non the less. I think we all want to believe broken things can be repaired and broken people can be redeemed.
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Taking inspiration from @DebinHawaii , here are a few romance book covers featuring alluring #overmyshoulder poses.
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#24in48 #Hour18Challenge #Romance @24in48 📚💕
I average around 150 books a year, and I‘d say around 70 a 80% of my reading (dependsing on the year) is romance! I snuck a Harlequin romance off my mother‘s bookshelf at a very young (probably too young) age, and I was hooked! I started buying them for 10 cents a pop from my local library, and there was no stopping me!😂 #Romantsy #24in48ReadAThon #Romancelandia
pickSo good. But surprisingly melancholic and with so much keeping the estranged couple apart that if it had been anything other than a romance I would not have expected it to have a happy ending. But it is and it does and it is very satisfying.
Bank holiday Monday afternoon (post run) treat!
pickReally enjoyed this! Excited for Bareknuckle Bastards.
I was super in to my book.... (the Nook iPad app has an orange background to eliminate the blue light and I‘m obsessed) and then I got super distracted by the animated page turns. 🧙♀️
pickI LOVE SARAH MACLEAN!! She‘s definitely my favorite Romance author, I‘ve now read all of her books in her 3 series! I can‘t wait for her new series to come out!
This book was really great. It was heartbreaking, funny, and there were some familiar faces in this book! Haven and Sera‘s love story was very difficult and they both had to fight for what they wanted. It was a lovely book. 💕
This has been on my TBR for awhile now. I'm hoping I enjoy this as much as the previous books in the series! #tbr #librarybook
pickHaven and Sera fell hard and fast for each other. They then make some poor choices that have terrible and lasting effects. This book is them learning and trying to move on from their past in very different ways. It was nice to see a romance where things went wrong and people grow from the events. I also enjoyed having Sera's sisters joining to keep her safe.
So this happened actually a couple days ago(!); I had tweeted in response to Book Riot‘s post about what author you could read for the rest of your life and I chose Sarah MacLean because she‘s (my) queen of romance, and she responded!! She thinks I‘m lovely!! It was a definite fangirl moment!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩
#riotgrams day 13: pink, red, and white 🌸❤️💭
pickBook 4 of vacation done! Another gem from Sarah MacLean. She‘s just the best. Sera and Haven‘s personal journeys were definitely on the darker, deeper side of the emotional scale and I loved it. #romantsy
For the life of me I will never understand the Goodreads app search function. I mistyped a letter and the right title came up, but I automatically corrected it too quickly and some other random title appeared. Anyway, excited for this to be my next read!
I can‘t wait to read Sarah MacLean‘s latest - but I can‘t justify buying it at the moment because the tbr pile is huge and because I really want the US edition (to match the others I have and because I don‘t love the UK covers) and that makes it more complicated! Congratulations on your #50k1k Librarybelle - and how generous to do a #giveaway to celebrate.
pickSarah MacLean is the queen of romance novels. That's all I need to say about this book.
A nice, light palette cleanser and a lovely fire. We even had an unexpected bit of snow today. And now I'm feeling a bit sleepy. Maybe a nap to top off this lazy Sunday.
Sarah MacLean is one of many amazing authors who appear in this fantastic article about the importance and impact of the romance genre. Everyone should read this! “While men weren‘t looking, women built a genre that tackles love, sex, pleasure, class, money, feminism, masculinity, and equality.” - Jaime Green
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jaimegreen/who-gets-a-happily-ever-after-in-2018-romanc...
#VaginalFantasy #GloryToTheGuild @thereadingwomen
pickOutstanding. I was skeptical of this love story based on what I knew of the hero from previous books, but it is a devastatingly beautiful novel of love and redemption and forgiveness and bravery. The premise: the duchess wants a divorce. The duke wants her. Against all odds, they find their HEA.
pickI didn't think I would like this book. The duke of haven seemed like an asshole in the rogue not taken and I was glad of his embarrassment. But I liked the story of these two coming back together, it was very touching.
Romance reader from way back and I have been obsessed with Sarah Maclean. Her writing is good and the stories are entertaining. The steamy parts? Ooooo yea lol
"Why was it that men's rage came in a flurry of fists, while women's came on a flood of tears?"
pickWhile I didn't love it as much as the previous 2 books, it was still a pretty good story and I'm always happy to read about the Dangerous Daughters. I look forward to seeing how Sesily lands her American and the next series as well!
I'm trying to be good again (the struggle is real and constant) so instead of cookies or m&ms I shall #snack on apples and peanut butter #30daysofreadathon
Reading and football. Hoping for a victory for my poor beleaguered Bears today. Although if I don't got to the store soon, we won't be eating tonight....
Finally chose my #FiveStarPredictions. Tagged twice and it still took me two weeks to get my life together.
Good morning! Taking my daughters to see American Assassin this morning and then our library is having a local author fair that we're going to try to make as well. I'm over halfway through Uprooted but I'm taking a quick break for the newest scandal & scoundrel book!
pickI was supposed to get lots of sleep last night in preparation for my call weekend... Nope, thanks to Sarah MacLean. This book was a slow burn for me at first, but did not take long to worm its way into my heart. I love Sera as a heroine and Mal even more as our hero. I had a picture of him being played by Armie Hammer in my head, which made the banter that much more entertaining. Ugh. I just want more. Give me Ses and Caleb now, dammit!
Please tell me that the next book is all about Caleb Calhoun and Sesily Talbot?!?
pickI finished this in a day. When I'm at work, I never stop working. I work till the last minute but because of this book I shut down my computer half an hour early and just read and read. I loved the strong female characters. The sisters are just 😍 my favourite romance novel up till now (I'm new to this genre)
pickThe hero in this book was completely unlikable (to put it mildly) earlier in the series and I wondered how she would get the reader on his side for this story. If anyone can do it, it's Sarah MacLean! She absolutely delivered! 💖
So I listed to another new song for day 3 of #riotgrrrl: #perfectillusion by Lady Gaga! It sounds like Ms Gaga feels that someone pretended to be in love with her. While Ms Gaga's complaint seems real, a common trope in romance novels such as the one tagged is the main character incorrectly believing the same has happened to them 😜
We got up to have 7:30 am breakfast with some friends who are leaving for a trip 😱so Puck and I decided we deserved to use those early morning hours afterward relaxing and reading a fun romance instead of my big stack of nonfiction. Scuse the boobs my husband calls Puck my push-up bra 😂
pickBk 3 in the Scandal & Scoundrels series featuring the Dangerous Daughters. This deals with trust and grief in a marriage and how it can spiral uncontrollably if communication isn't used. Campy and the Talbot sister banter is snarky, fast paced fun.
- Why do we use the broken protagonist so often in this genre? What is the appeal of characters with a dark secret, depressing/abusive past, or inexperience?
pickI stayed up until midnight to finish this. So. Good. Lots of caffeine and yawning today, but #noregrets
pickThis is probably my favorite in the series. It's the story of how something awful can change a relationship and then reshape it into something new and just as wonderful. Things aren't always what we assume them to be.
Beautiful quote right there. One of my favorites in this book so far.
What a boss dedication.
AWWW YISSSSSS. Happy Sunday!
