Disclaimer as this ranking doesn’t include the novellas or books 4-5 which my library doesn’t stock.

Anyway, welcome to Spindle Cove where ladies of a certain persuasion as unmarried misses or spinsters who find freedom and security to be themseslves. But a passing rake with the intent to romance are never far away.

1. A Lady By Midnight: I love a good enemies to lovers scenario although I wouldn’t say Susanna and Bramwell are enemies. Sure, they both have different motives for Spindle Cove where Susanna wants to keep it a female utopia and Bramwell wants to raise a militia out of the few men to protect the village from invading forces. They’re both, strong, community-oriented people and the tension between them is a powder keg. Specifically, Susanna who has never felt any man was her equal, no one challenged her like Bramwell. And Bramwell who overcompensates because of his wooden leg and feels less of a man, desires to see her explode with passion while also holding onto her for warmth. I just love how they complemente and push each other, it hits all the right notes.
2. A Night to Surrender: Kate Taylor was a damned orphen but she never let her mysterious roots get her down despite the unfair criticisms and shunning lobbed at her by others. She’s a cheerful woman who likes her life in Spindle Cove until her long-last family members arrive to tell her she is the illegitimate daughter of an earl. The family wishes to accept her because they’re used to such scandals but she is whirled by the sudden change in fortune and questions about what really happened to her mother. The answer may lie with her childhood best friend, Corp. Thorne who is now intimidated by her new rank.

I know the female MC getting a large fortune or secretly related to a wealthy relative is a common trope but this is the first time I’m reading it so I found it entirely unique. Anyway, the pace can get a bit slow and ridiculous as it’s clear that Kate and Thorne have deep feelings for each other but Thorne has this stupid inferiority complex all these male MCs have and pushes her away because he’s “not good enough for her” when he literally is. Like he saved her life in different ways and is a sweetheart. So while I like the romance and how Thorne was a break from the other stoic alpha males, it did feel dragged out and Dare veered into purple prose at some points that took away their chemistry in my opinion.

1. A Week to Be Wicked: Minerva approaches Colin with a scandelous, big sisterly request. Stay away from her younger sister, Diana who is pretty but doesn’t have a strong constitution. Stay away from her younger sister and run away with her to Scotland so she can attend a science symposium with her fossils. Yes, it will ruin her in the process but he’s just marrying for money, isn’t he? It’s a crazy request but leads to such a fun road trip. Despite how much I enjoyed the characterization between Minerva’s determined young maiden who breaks the status quo and wants someone who loves her for all of her, and Colin’s rakishness covering his secret trauma, it’s nothing I haven’t seen before and ranks last.