A Reckless Match Review

Author: Kate Bateman

Series: Ruthless Rivals #1

Genre: Regency Romance

Publisher: St. Martins Press

Release Date: Sept. 28, 2021

Order Link: Amazon

My Rating: 5 Sexy Hearts

Special thanks to St. Martins Press for an arc of this book.

Meet the Davies and Montgomery families - two households locked in an ancient feud, destined to be on opposing sides forever. Until now...

Review:

And to think it all started over a stolen pig . . . or was it a woman?  No one seems to really know what started the feud between the Davies and Montgomery families, but one thing's for sure - it's gone on for decades and neither side is giving an inch.  And now it's time for Madeline Montgomery and Gryff Davies to clash swords in a duel of wits.  Thing is - it seems both harbor confusing feelings for the other.  They're having to try harder and harder to keep the hate going with so much chemistry sizzling between them.  When fate forces them into a situation of having to work closely together, sparks, words and emotions fly.  May the best man . . . or woman win.

I do love a good enemies to lovers story, and this one is outstanding!  Secret tunnels, smugglers, meddling families - it's enough to make a preacher cuss.  But it all serves to keep throwing our delicious hero and spunky heroine together in this low-angst, hilarious and yet heart touching romance.  The support characters are great, and I look forward to seeing them star in their own books.  I absolutely adored this story and characters.  Highly recommended to fans of romance - especially Regency Romance.

Synopsis:

CAN LIFELONG HATE

Madeline Montgomery grew up despising––and secretly loving––the roguish Gryffud “Gryff” Davies. Their families have been bitter rivals for hundreds of years, but even if her feelings once crossed the line between love and hate, she’s certain Gryff never felt the same. Now, she’s too busy saving her family from ruin to think about Gryff and the other “devilish” Davies siblings. Since he’s off being scandalous in London, it’s not like she’ll ever see him again...

TURN TO TRUE LOVE

As the new Earl of Powys, Gryff Davies planned on spending his post-war life enjoying the pleasures of London. But when an illegal duel forces him to retreat to his family’s Welsh castle, he realizes the only exciting thing in the dull countryside will be seeing the fiery Maddie Montgomery. Thoughts of his nemesis sustained Gryff throughout the war; but the girl he loved to tease has grown into a gorgeous, headstrong woman – who loathes him just as much as she ever did. Will secret tunnels, dangerous smugglers, and meddling from their feuding families be enough to make Maddie and Gryff realize that their animosity is really attraction...and maybe even love?

A Reckless Match is the first in a new regency romance series by Kate Bateman about two feuding families, and reunited childhood enemies whose hatred turns to love.

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