A Game of Hearts (The Cartwells #1)
Joanna Barker
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Glimpses and kisses [?]
· 29 ratings · 328 pages · Published: 06 Oct 2022
Marigold Cartwell has only one goal: to defeat her long-time rival on the archery field. She knows she can outshoot irritating, cynical Tristan Gates, but the local bowmen’s society—the one he belongs to—refuses to allow women to compete. Spurred on by their rejection, Marigold decides to start a new society. Naturally, it has only one rule: no men.
Tristan Gates is used to Marigold Cartwell always getting her way, so he is far from surprised when she forms her own society. He knows how relentless she can be, something he learned firsthand facing her at the targets. But Tristan has enough worries of his own, what with his bachelor uncle falling in love with a fortune hunter. He has no time to entertain Marigold’s ambitions.
However, after a visit to the seashore ends in disaster—and scandal—Marigold and Tristan soon realize how little they know about each other. The strained tension between them quickly turns to simmering attraction, but an important archery competition looms ahead. Lines are drawn all around them, with Marigold and Tristan on opposite sides, and neither can afford to lose. Yet winning might be the very thing to tear them apart.
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The 'The Cartwells' series
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historical · male-pov · glimpses-kisses · united-kingdom · slow burn · british-isles · sassy heroine · young adult · length-medium · europe · england · angst · humor · victorian · regency · new adult · first-person-pov · m-f · christian · dual-pov
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