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Rules for Ruin

By: Mimi Matthews
Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden, Will Watt
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 One of Kirkus's Best of Fiction 2025 · NYPL Best Books of 2025 · An NPR Books We Love Pick for 2025 · A Library Journal Best book of 2025 · BookBub's Best Romances of 2025 So Far · BookPage's Best Books of 2025 · A Marie Claire Best Romance of 2025

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No one betrays the Academy. But now Euphemia must decide: break the rules for her enemy, or let the rules break her heart.

On the outskirts of London sits a seemingly innocuous institution with a secretive aim—train young women to distract, disrupt, and discredit the patriarchy. Outraged by a powerful lord’s systematic attack on women’s rights in Parliament, the Academy summons its brightest—and most bitter—pupil to infiltrate the odious man’s inner circle. A deal is struck: bring down the viscount, and Miss Euphemia Flite will finally earn her freedom.

But betting shop owner Gabriel Royce has other plans. The viscount is the perfect pawn to insulate Gabriel’s underworld empire from government interference. He’s not about to let some crinoline-clad miss destroy his carefully constructed enterprise—no matter how captivating he finds her threats.

From the rookeries of St. Giles to the ballrooms of Mayfair, Euphemia and Gabriel engage in a battle of wits and wills that’s complicated by a blossoming desire. Soon Euphemia realizes it’s not the broken promises to her Academy sisters she should fear. . . . It’s the danger to her heart. Historical Historical Fiction Victorian Heartfelt

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Well written and researched and very well narrated. A real flight of fancy but not too far to be ridiculous.

Enjoyable

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Darker than her other stories, I thoroughly enjoyed it. We get a sense of what life was like for ordinary people in Victorian England. And Gabriel is delicious!

Dark and delicious

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Would be better if Will read all the male narrating and female vice versa.

Will Watts Narrating!

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