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Start date: 1 January 2025
End date: 31 January 2025
Link to Website:
https://www.popsugar.com/books/popsug...
TASK LIST:
1. A book about a POC experiencing joy and not trauma
2. A book you want to read based on the last sentence
3. A book about space tourism
4. A book with two or more books on the cover or "book" in the title
5. A book with a snake on the cover or in the title
6. A book that fills your favorite prompt from the 2015 PS Reading Challenge (https://www.popsugar.com/love/reading...)
7. A book about a cult
8. A book under 250 pages
9. A book that features a character going through menopause
10. A book you got for free
11. A book mentioned in another book
12. A book about a road trip
13. A book rated less than three stars on Goodreads
14. A book about a nontraditional education
15. A book that an AI chatbot recommends based on your favorite book
16. A book set in or around a body of water
17. A book about a run club
18. A book containing magical creatures that aren't dragons
19. A highly anticipated read of 2025
20. A book that fills a 2024 prompt you'd like to do over (or try out) (https://www.popsugar.com/entertainmen...)
21. A book where the main character is a politician
22. A book about soccer
23. A book that is considered healing fiction
24. A book with a happily single woman protagonist
25. A book where the main character is an immigrant or refugee
26. A book where an adult character changes careers
27. A book set at a luxury resort
28. A book that features an unlikely friendship
29. A book about a food truck
30. A book that reminds you of your childhood
31. A book where music plays an integral part of the storyline
32. A book about an overlooked woman in history
33. A book featuring an activity on your bucket list
34. A book written by an author who is neurodivergent
35. A book centering LGBTQ+ characters that isn't about coming out
36. A book with silver on the cover or in the title
37. Two books with the same title (1)
38. Two books with the same title (2)
39. A classic you've never read
40. A book about chosen family
Advanced Prompts
Easy
1. A book by the oldest author in your TBR pile
2. A book with a title that starts with the letter Y
3. A book that includes a nonverbal character
4. A book you have always avoided reading
Medium
5. A book with a left-handed character
6. A book where nature is the antagonist
7. A book of interconnected short stories
Hard
8. A book that features a married couple who don't live together
9. A dystopian book with a happy ending
10. A book that features a character with chronic pain
THE PERKS OF BEING A BOOK ADDICT - DECEMBER NEWSLETTER
Hello Everyone,
This newsletter has also been posted under this folder.
You can vote for the January Books of the Month here:
January 2025 Poll: vote here
If you want to join this month's discussions, the December Books of the Month are The Huntress by Kate Quinn and The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
The Huntress - discussion here
The God of the Woods - discussion here
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♑💫WHAT'S NEW?💫♑
From 1 January 2025
(view spoiler)
A dedicated marquee 🎪 is being set up for the event with all the details you need to know. Yes, there'll be plenty of food 🎂, speeches 💬and fireworks 🎆. 😉
A Long Expected Party (link to main folder)
Shout-out to the best party-organiser, Sammy, co-creator of this challenge, for all her ideas, hard work & support. 😊
A word to the wise: This will be a self-directing, open-ended challenge and WILL NOT replace our annual UNO Team Challenge that is scheduled to start on 1 Feb 2025.
As usual, you will get an update message on UNO towards the end of December. 😊
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Housekeeping
📒 If you are new to our Group, please drop by to say hello here: introduce yourself or if you'd like to connect to other members, pop into this thread: Goodreads Friends.
Please do not create separate threads for these purposes! Also, no author self-promotion or book promotion outside the dedicated folders, please!
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📕 2024 buddy reads are in this folder.
If you choose to request a buddy read in the buddy read requests thread, please be sure to come back to see if anyone has responded to your request. Please note that this folder is not for promotional purposes.
📘 Challenges Links
NEW Audiobook Challenge
Baby, it's cold outside or Winter is coming...
General Challenges
UNO Mini Challenges for individual players
Seasonal Challenges
📙If you have any questions concerning the challenges or proposals/requests for new challenges, you can post them here.
📗Our folders for Promotions are here Promote Anything
Happy Reading! 📚
Melinda
ASK THE PROFESSOR
“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost...
If you have any questions concerning tasks, need book recommendations, etc, post them here.
Please remember that this is a self-directed individual/team challenge, so players are in charge of putting together a team with a maximum of six members.
If you'd like to find other players to form a team, please use this thread. It may help to share how many books/month you are reading (just to make sure each team member can take on a few tasks at least).
Also consider that there are 90 obligatory + 30 bonus tasks altogether.
Once you have a team, and have chosen a name, please create your own thread or shout out if you need help with it, and make a copy of this task sheet.
Link to Master Sheet: This is for viewing only. Please make your own copies!!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
If you decide to play individually, please also create your own thread. It is up to you whether you use a copy of the task sheet or if you just copy the list of tasks to your thread.
Optional Bonus Set 1 - Tolkien's Creatures
Find the following denizens of Middle Earth in your books. You don't need to find them as a character (though of course you can), a simple mention in the text is fine. (i.e. If someone refers to their boss as a troll, consider the task covered.)
Singular and plural both accepted.
1. Men/humans
2. Wizards
3. Elves
4. Dwarves
5. Dragons
6. Halflings/Hobbits
7. Orcs
8. Goblins
9. Trolls
10. Eagles
11. Spirits
12. Pirates
13. Oliphaunt/elephants
14. Demons
15. Spiders
Optional Bonus Set 2 - Word Pairs Hunt
Find the following words in your books. Singular and plural both accepted.
1. merry & weed
2. stride & king
3. horse & rider
4. daughter & twilight
5. oak & shield OR shield & maid(en)
6. simply & walk
7. harp & gold
8. uncomfortable & adventure
9. secret & fire
10. speak & riddle
11. ring & power
12. first & age
13. capture & light
14. respectable & company
15. living & woman
Task set 1 - Private life
1. a book featuring multiple letters written (no email!)
2. Author's initials in PHILOLOGIST
3. An author or character named Christopher, Michael, Priscilla or John
4. MC has multiple children
5. all letters in EDITH in title
6. MPG Family
7. Character moves to a different country
8. a book set in South Africa
9. a book with a Christmas scene on the cover
10. a book tagged German or Germany at least 5x
11. an author who uses their initials for author name
12. a character who smokes
13. MPG Non-fiction
14. a book published in January
15. "dictionary" in text
Task set 2 - Professor Tolkien
1. Set in Leeds or Oxford
2. Takes place at a University
3. MC teaches
4. MPG English or British Literature
5. a book that has been translated
6. MPG Classics
7. the word "fellow" or "fellowship" in text
8. A book from this list: SAGA https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
9. letters NORSE in title and/or author's name
Spell out MERTON
10. M
11. E
12. R
13. T
14. O
15. N
Task set 3 - Middle Earth
1. A book from the Great first lines list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2... OR Best Opening sentence list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
2. MPG Epic Fantasy
3. Read a book with the letters EDDA in the title
4. book that features a journey
5. a book with jewellery on the cover
6. Tree on the cover
7. Sword or shield or piece of armour on cover
8. MPG Adventure
9. book in which a burglary is committed
10. a book with plenty of food on the cover
11. a book with a slow burn romance (your interpretation)
12. a book where the publication date AND/OR the page number contains at least three from these numbers: 1,3,7,9
13. A book that includes some verse/poem/song lyrics
14. Mountain on the cover
15. the word "fireworks" in text
Task set 4 - Middle Earth on screen
1. An author or character named Peter or Robert or Jackson
2. A book containing illustrations
3. A book that has been adapted into a visual medium (movie, tv show, etc.)
4. A book that has won a major award
5. A biography/memoir of a famous person in the movie industry
6. MPG Music
7. A book tagged 'New Zealand' at least 5x
8. A book published between 2001-2003 or 2012-2014
9. letters WETA in title
10. Book part of a trilogy
11. A book tagged movie(s) or film or cinema min 5x
12. A book with more than 1 million ratings on GR
13. A book with a beautiful cover
14. a book with both 'potato' and 'rabbit' (or 'conies') in the text
15. A book that has an audio version between 11 and 12 hours long
Task set 5 - Posthumous works
1. MPG Mythology
2. A collection of short stories
3. All letters in BEOWULF in title
4. A book first published after the author's death
5. A book with a gemstone on the cover
6. Author initials in BEREN
Spell out Chris
7. C
8. H
9. R
10. I
11. S
12. a book that was published in 1924 or before
13. a book that has an editor listed on GR (alone or next to the author)
14. A character who is or was in the military
15. Author's or narrator's initials in AVIATION
Task set 6 - The Inklings
1. A book first published between 1930-1949
2. A book that features a pub/inn
3. A book tagged "friend(s)" or "friendship" min 5x
4. Book by an author with at least 2 Christian names
5. MPG War
6. A book that features three MCs
7. MPG History or Historical Fiction
8. Character has an older brother
9. "Thursday" in text
10. a character drinks beer
Spell out EAGLE
11. E
12. A
13. G
14. L
15. E
◈ There are 6 sets of obligatory tasks (15 tasks/set) + 2 set of bonus tasks (15/set)
◈ Task sets must be completed in order. You cannot start a new set before you finished the one(s) before.
◈ If you are an individual player, you can complete any 8 tasks from each set to consider the set completed. The order must still be kept. Of course you are welcome to complete them all. Up to you.
◈ Teams must read for all tasks in a set.
◈ There will be no page/genre limits for this challenge. Any book is fair game. Also non-fiction books are accepted.
◈ Only books you start reading after creating your own thread and not earlier than 1 January 2025 can count towards the challenge.
◈ 1 book covers 1 task only.
◈ the following options can be used for spell-outs
- author's/narrator's/editor's/translator's first or last name
- characters' first or last name
- title, a/an/the may be used or ignored
- series title
“The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say”
In honour of J.R.R. Tolkien's upcoming birthday on 3 January what better way to celebrate and remember him by than launching a challenge in 2025 January?
This is a self-directing, open-ended challenge and it's up to you whether you'll go on this Road alone or as part of a team.
You can also decide whether you'll be using a copy of the provided google sheet template or simply list and tick off tasks within a post.
How to Find a Team
Please use this thread to create a Fellowship. Individual players, please also check out that read!
Challenge Date:
You can start any time from 1 January 2025. The challenge is open ended, no time pressure.
Link to Master Sheet: This is for viewing only. Please make your own copies!!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
The Poll has been created and posted.
THE PERKS OF BEING A BOOK ADDICT - NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER
Hello Everyone,
This newsletter comes a bit early as I will be travelling at the very end of the month.
It has also been posted under this folder.
You can vote for the December Books of the Month here:
December 2024 Poll: vote here
If you want to join this month's discussions, the November Books of the Month are Intermezzo by Sally Rooney and The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
Intermezzo - discussion here
The Spellshop - discussion here
What's new?
From 1 November, a new seasonal Audiobook Challenge will be launched: Baby, it's cold outside or Winter is coming...
Housekeeping
📒 If you are new to our Group, please drop by to say hello here: introduce yourself or if you'd like to connect to other members, pop into this thread: Goodreads Friends.
Please do not create separate threads for these purposes! Also, no author self-promotion, please!
📕 2024 buddy reads are in this folder.
If you choose to request a buddy read in the buddy read requests thread, please be sure to come back to see if anyone has responded to your request. Please note that this folder is not for promotional purposes.
📘 Challenges Links
NEW Audiobook Challenge
Baby, it's cold outside or Winter is coming...
General Challenges
UNO Mini Challenges for individual players
Seasonal Challenges
📙If you have any questions concerning the challenges or proposals/requests for new challenges, you can post them here.
📗Our folders for Promotions are here Promote Anything
Happy Reading! 📚
Melinda
TASKS in Categories
Length & Time
◈ an audiobook between 11-12 hours
◈ an audiobook published in December
◈ an audiobook published in January
◈ an audiobook published in February
◈ an audiobook published* in 1972 (coldest winter in Canada)
◈ an audiobook published in 1963 (coldest winter in Hungary)
◈ an audiobook published in 2008 (coldest January in Japan)
(original publication date)
Authors & Narrators
◈ an audiobook narrated by the author
◈ an audiobook with 1 narrator
◈ an audiobook with 2 narrators
◈ an audiobook with full cast (abridged/dramatized or unabridged)
◈ an audiobook with an author or narrator who was born in December
◈ an audiobook with an author or narrator who was born in January
◈ an audiobook with an author or narrator who was born in February
◈ an audiobook where the narrator's or author's or a character's name can be connected to winter (e.g.: Noel, white, snow, candy, January, etc) in any way
◈ an audiobook with the author's or narrator's initials in the word HOLIDAYS
Genres and Shelves
◈ an audiobook with MPG Classic(s)
◈ an audiobook with MPG Romance
◈ an audiobook with MPG Cosy Fantasy
◈ an audiobook with MPG Mythology
◈ an audiobook from the Shelf: Winter OR Winter Holidays
◈ an audiobook from the Shelf: Family
Series
◈ a standalone audiobook
◈ an audiobook 1st in a series
◈ an audiobook 2nd in a series
◈ an audiobook 12th or higher in a series
Covers
◈ an audiobook with a white cover (over 50%)
◈ an audiobook with a pink cover (over 50%)
◈ an audiobook with a red cover (over 50%)
◈ an audiobook with candle(s) or fairy lights on the cover
◈ an audiobook with cake on the cover
◈ an audiobook with a snowy scene or related activity (skiing, tobogganing, skating, etc.) or object on the cover
◈ an audiobook with any piece of warm clothing on the cover
Title
◈ an audiobook with a title that can be connected to winter in any way
◈ an audiobook with the letters CHAMPAGNE in the title (they don't need to be in order)
◈ an audiobook with a title starting with a letter from SOLSTICE
◈ an audiobook with the word WINTER in the (sub)title or series title
Plot
◈ an audiobook featuring snowfall or any kind of snow-related activities (eg skiing, snow fights, tobogganing, skating, etc)
◈ an audiobook featuring any kind of holiday that is celebrated during the winter months (Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year, Kwanzaa, Las Posadas, Valentine's Day, etc)
◈ an audiobook featuring a new beginning (your interpretation)
◈ an audiobook where something comes to an end (your interpretation)
◈ an audiobook featuring someone receiving a present
◈ an audiobook featuring someone baking cake
◈ an audiobook featuring someone going on a date
◈ an audiobook featuring a professional player of some winter sport
Setting
◈ an audiobook set in Sweden or Finland
◈ an audiobook set in Norway or Iceland or Denmark
◈ an audiobook set in Alaska US or Canada or Russia
◈ an audiobook set in one of these countries: Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
◈ an audiobook set in any country in the Middle East (Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, UAE, Yemen)
Baby, it's cold outside or Winter is coming...
~ ❄️🎧📘The Long Winter Season Audiobook Challenge 📘🎧❄️~
On the Northern Hemisphere we are preparing for the winter season: time to get cosy and read books, or in this case: to listen to them. So get out the blankets, light a fire/candle, pour yourself your chosen beverage to keep you warm and put on your headphones. The Challenge Tasks are there to boost your reading and get you in the mood.
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This challenge was created with the help of and under the Creative Directorship of Karen ⊰✿, whose audiobook challenges at the NBRC Group have been the source and the inspiration. 🥰
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Duration: 1 November - 28 Feb (any year)
Rules & How to:
Option 1- Winter Wonderland
►Pick a level and choose your audiobook tasks
►You may read as many books as you want for the chosen tasks
►You are allowed to use 1 audiobook to cover 3 tasks.
Option 2- The Snow Queen
►Pick a level and choose your audiobook tasks
►You may read as many books as you want for the chosen tasks
►You are allowed to use 1 audiobook to cover 2 tasks.
Option 3 - A Song of Ice and Fire
► Pick a level and choose your audiobook tasks
► You may read as many books as you want for each chosen task.
► 1 audiobook covers 1 task only.
Levels:
Nisse: 1-5 books
Jack Frost: 6-10 books
Tengliu: 11-15 books
Nane Sarma: 16-20 books
Yuki-onna: 21-25 books
Amarok: 26-30 books
Ymir: 30+ books
One of our November 2024 Book of the Month is The Spellshop by Sarah Beth DurstThe Spellshop
The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durst’s romantasy debut–a lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbooks, unexpected friendships, sweet jams, and even sweeter love.
Kiela has always had trouble dealing with people. Thankfully, as a librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium, she and her assistant, Caz—a magically sentient spider plant—have spent the last decade sequestered among the empire’s most precious spellbooks, preserving their magic for the city’s elite.
When a revolution begins and the library goes up in flames, she and Caz flee with all the spellbooks they can carry and head to a remote island Kiela never thought she’d see again: her childhood home. Taking refuge there, Kiela discovers, much to her dismay, a nosy—and very handsome—neighbor who can’t take a hint and keeps showing up day after day to make sure she’s fed and to help fix up her new home.
In need of income, Kiela identifies something that even the bakery in town doesn’t have: jam. With the help of an old recipe book her parents left her and a bit of illegal magic, her cottage garden is soon covered in ripe berries.
But magic can do more than make life a little sweeter, so Kiela risks the consequences of using unsanctioned spells and opens the island’s first-ever and much needed secret spellshop.
Like a Hallmark rom-com full of mythical creatures and fueled by cinnamon rolls and magic, The Spellshop will heal your heart and feed your soul.
One of our November 2024 Book of the Month is Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.
Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.
Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties—successful, competent, and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father’s death, he’s medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women—his enduring first love, Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke.
Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib elder brother. Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined.
For two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new interlude—a period of desire, despair, and possibility; a chance to find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking.
THE PERKS OF BEING A BOOK ADDICT - OCTOBER NEWSLETTER
Hello Everyone,
You can vote for the November Books of the Month here:
November 2024 Poll: vote here
If you want to join this month's discussions, the October Books of the Month are When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker and Funny Story by Emily Henry
When the Moon Hatched - discussion here
Funny Story - discussion here
Housekeeping
📒 If you are new to our Group, please drop by to say hello here: introduce yourself or if you'd like to connect to other members, pop into this thread: Goodreads Friends.
Please do not create separate threads for these purposes! Also, no author self-promotion, please!
📕 Upcoming 2024 buddy reads are in this folder.
If you choose to request a buddy read in the buddy read requests thread, please be sure to come back to see if anyone has responded to your request. Please note that this folder is not for promotional purposes.
📘Links to our Challenges can be found in this folder.
📙If you have any questions concerning the challenges or proposals/requests for new challenges, you can post them here.
📗Our folders for Promotions are here Promote Anything
Happy Reading! 📚
Melinda
Rebecca wrote: "Can you start getting books that are free with an Amazon Kindle Unlimited subscription? I can't afford to buy these books every month, and they are never available at the library."Members are free to nominate books of their choice (avoiding book promotions).
If you nominate one that is on kindle unlimited and it comes out as a winner of the poll, then it will become one of the book of the month reads.
However, we do not limit member's choices to specific availabilities of one source or another.
Besides the BOTM reads, you can also request buddy reads if your choice does not make it as BOTM.
THE PERKS OF BEING A BOOK ADDICT - SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER
Hello Everyone,
This newsletter will also be posted under this folder.
The Nominations thread for the October Books of the Months is still open, if you'd like to suggest books we could read. A maximum of 10 books will be accepted. Before nominating a book, please check out the rules in the thread.
If you want to join this month's discussions, the September Books of the Month are The Midnight Library by Matt Haig and What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama.
The Midnight Library - discussion here
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library - discussion here
Housekeeping
📒 If you are new to our Group, please drop by to say hello here: introduce yourself or if you'd like to connect to other members, pop into this thread: Goodreads Friends.
Please do not create separate threads for these purposes! Also, no author self-promotion, please!
📕 Upcoming 2024 buddy reads are in this folder.
If you choose to request a buddy read in the buddy read requests thread, please be sure to come back to see if anyone has responded to your request. Please note that this folder is not for promotional purposes.
📘Links to our Challenges can be found in this folder.
📙If you have any questions concerning the challenges or proposals/requests for new challenges, you can post them here.
📗Our folders for Promotions are here Promote Anything
Happy Reading! 📚
Melinda
THE PERKS OF BEING A BOOK ADDICT - AUGUST NEWSLETTER
Hello Everyone,
Time to vote for the September Books of the Month here:
September 2024 Poll: vote here
If you want to join this month's discussions, the August Books of the Month are Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan and The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown.
Lies and Weddings - discussion here
The Book of Doors - discussion here
Housekeeping
📒 If you are new to our Group, please drop by to say hello here: introduce yourself or if you'd like to connect to other members, pop into this thread: Goodreads Friends.
Please do not create separate threads for these purposes! Also, no author self-promotion, please!
📕 Upcoming 2024 buddy reads are in this folder.
If you choose to request a buddy read in the buddy read requests thread, please be sure to come back to see if anyone has responded to your request. Please note that this folder is not for promotional purposes.
📘Links to our Challenges can be found in this folder.
📙If you have any questions concerning the challenges or proposals/requests for new challenges, you can post them here.
📗Our folders for Promotions are here Promote Anything
Happy Reading! 📚
Melinda
One of our August 2024 Book of the Month is The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go?
In New York City, bookseller Cassie Andrews is living an unassuming life when she is given a gift by a favourite customer. It's a book - an unusual book, full of strange writing and mysterious drawings. And at the very front there is a handwritten message to Cassie, telling her that this is the Book of Doors, and that any door is every door .
What Cassie is about to discover is that the Book of Doors is a special book that bestows an extraordinary powers on whoever possesses it, and soon she and her best friend Izzy are exploring all that the Book of Doors can do, swept away from their quiet lives by the possibilities of travelling to anywhere they want.
But the Book of Doors is not the only magical book in the world. There are other books that can do wondrous and dreadful things when wielded by dangerous and ruthless individuals - individuals who crave what Cassie now possesses.
Suddenly Cassie and Izzy are confronted by violence and danger, and the only person who can help them is, it seems, Drummond Fox. He is a man fleeing his own demons - a man with his own secret library of magical books that he has hidden away in the shadows for safekeeping. Because there is a nameless evil out there that is hunting them all . . .
Because some doors should never be opened.
One of our August 2024 Book of the Month is Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan
A forbidden affair erupts dramatically amid a decadent Hawaiian wedding in this hilarious, sophisticated, and thrillingly plotted story of love, money, murder, sex—and the lies we tell about them all.
Rufus Leung Gresham, future Earl of Greshambury and son of a former Hong Kong supermodel, has a problem: his family fortune, the legendary Gresham Trust, has been depleted by decades of profligate spending. While magazine covers and Instagram stories display impeccably designed manors and shiny new yachts, the secret reality holds nothing more than a gargantuan mountain of debt. The only solution, put forth by Rufus’s scheming mother, is for Rufus to seduce a woman with money, thereby securing the family's precarious financial future.
Should he marry Solène de Courcy, a French hotel heiress with honey-blond tresses and a royal bloodline? Should he pursue Martha Dung, the tattooed venture capital genius who passes out billions like lollipops? Or should he follow his heart, betray his family, squander his legacy, and finally confess his love to the literal girl next door, the humble daughter of a doctor, Eden Tong?
When the Gresham family descends on the Big Island of Hawaii to host a veritable who's who of sultans, barons, and oligarchs for the wedding of the decade, Rufus must merely flex his famous abs to bewitch the heiress of his choice. But instead a hot mic exposes a secret tryst, a volcanic eruption burns through the nuptials, and the Gresham family's plans—and their reputation—go up in flames.
Can the once-great earldom rise from the ashes? Or will a secret tragedy, hidden for two decades, reveal a shocking twist? Spanning the black sand beaches of Hawaii, the red city of Marrakech, the Los Angeles bachelor pad of a billionaire playboy, and the inner sanctum of England’s oldest family estate, Lies and Weddings reveals an enthralling family saga that is as scandalous and satirical as it is full of heart.
