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Hey Series Fanatics! You know who you are...

Welcome to HRBC's 6th Annual series reading challenge: Mad About series Challenge - 2023

Challenge yourself to read or finish as many Series as you like. The point is to see the series through, but where you begin for the challenge is up to you (for example, I'm starting #1 on one of my series and on book 3 of 4 for another because I've read the first 2).

RULES
- The Series read/completed from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 will be counted.
- Series may have any number of books.
- Inclusion/Exclusion of Prequels ( i.e. #0.5, #0.6) is participant's choice.
- Choose a level and create a post in this thread to serve as your tracking post. Don't forget to keep them up to date. Feel free to provide your star ratings in the post as well.
- Participants can change their level at any time during the challenge.
- BOTM and other Challenge cross- overs are acceptable.

Choose your level

Passionate (Level 1) : UP TO TWO series
Voracious (Level 2): THREE to FOUR series
Obsessive (Level 3): FIVE to SIX series
Addictive (Level 4) : SEVEN or MORE series

Enjoy! Let me know if you have question

Tracking Member's Challenges

Amy's Tracking Post
Cam's Tracking Post
Cath's Tracking Post
Darbella's Tracking Post
Debby *Baby Dees* Tracking Post
Jan's Tracking Post
Jenny867's Tracking Post
Lady Nilambari's Tracking Post
Marianna's Tracking Post
Maureen's Tracking Post
Missy's Tracking Post
Padma's Tracking Post
Paula's Tracking Post
🐝 Shaz 🐝's Tracking Post
Susan's Tracking Post
Zsyree's Tracking Post

Shaz

📚 I am ADDICTIVE love a good series 📚
(1)
Stephanie Laurens Bastion Club Series

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
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(2)
Grace Burrowes Windham Series

(0.1) Novella Completed 5/Jan/23
(0.2) Novella Completed 6/Jan/23

(1) Completed 9/Jan/23
(2) Completed 12/Jan/23
(3)

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(3)
Emily Windsor , A Lady to Suit Series

(1 ) Completed 16/Jan/23
(2) Completed ] Completed 18/Feb/23
COMPLETED
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(4) The Lyndon Sisters. Julia Quinn

(1) Completed 16/Feb/23
(2) Completed 18/Feb/23
COMPLETED
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(5). Viking Surrender

(1) Completed 1/Feb/23 -- (2) . Completed 2/Feb/23
(3) Completed 3/Feb/23 -- (4) . Completef 4/Feb/23
(5) Completed 10/Feb/23 -- (6) Completed 11/Feb/23
(7) Completed 11/Feb/23 -- (8) . Completed 18/Feb/23
(9) Completed 19/Feb/23 -- (10) Completed 20/Feb/23
COMPLETED
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(6)
Sinclair and Raven , Wendy Vella

(1) Completed 22/Feb/23
(2) Completed 25/Feb/23
(3) Completed 2/Mar/24
(4) Completed 4/Mar/23
(5) Completed 5/Mar/23
(6) Completed 8/Mar/23
(6.5) Completed 9/Mar/23
(7) Completed 22/Mar/23
(8) Completed 23/Mar/23
(9) Completed 25/Mar/23
(10) Completed 4/April/23
COMPLETED
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(7) Emily Royal Medieval Brides
(1) Completed 27/Mar/23
(2) Completed 29/Mar/23
COMPLETED
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(8) Emily Windsor Rules of the Rogue
(1)
Completed. 6/April/23
(2) Completed 7/April/23
(3). Completed 9/April/23
(4) Completed 10/April/23
COMPLETED
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(9). Wendy Vella. The Langley Sisters

(1) Completed. 27/April/23
(2) Completed 29/April/23
(3) . Completed 30/April/23
(4). Completed 2/May/23
(5) Completed 4/May/23
(6) Completed 11/May /23
(7). Completed 13/May/23
COMPLETED
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(10) Tracy Sumner The Duchess Society

(1) Completed 19/May/23
(2) Completed 21/May/23
(3) Completed 23/May/23
(4) Completed 3/June/23
(5) Completed 16/June/23
COMPLETED
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(11)
Wendy Vella The Deville Brothers

(1) Completed 29/June/23
(2) Completed 2/July/23
(3) Completed 5/July/23
(4) Completed 9/July/23devil
(5) Completed 13/July/23
(6) Completed 26/Nov/23
COMPLETED
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(12)
Eva Devon The Bluestocking War Series

(1) Completed 18/Aug/23Devon
(2) Completed 19/Aug/23Devon
(3) Completed 19/Sept/23
(4) Completed 21/Sept/23
(5) Completed 21/Sept/23
(6) Completed 23/Sept/23
(7) Completed 28/Oct/23
(8) Completed 30/Oct/23
(9) Completed 1/Nov/23
(10) Completed 4/Nov/23
(11) Completed 12/Nov/23
(12) Completed 13/Nov/23
(13) Completed 15/Nov/23
(14) Completed 16/Nov/23beasts
COMPLETED
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(13) Kerrigan Byrne Goode Girls series

(1) Completed 28/Aug/23
(2) Completed 30/Aug/23
(3) Completed 1/Sept/23
(4) Completed 2/Sept/23
(5) Completed 3/Dec/23
(6) Completed 4/Dec/23

(14) Lucinda Brant Roxton Foundation Series

(1) Completed 2/Oct/23
(2) Completed 4/Oct/23
(3) Completed 22/Oct/23
(4) Completed 24/Oct/23
COMPLETED
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(15). The FitzRam Family Dynasty by Anna Markland

(1) Completed 18/Nov/23captive
(2) Completed 20/Nov/23sting
(3) Completed 20/Nov/23
COMPLETED
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Jan's Challenge Books Voracious Level
CHALLENGE FINISHED 3 Dec 2023 with 3 series finished

Wicked Trilogy by Madeline Hunter Series Finished 31 Jan 2023
Book 1 His Wicked Reputation Book finished 22 Jan 2023. 3.5 to 4 stars.
Book 2 Tall, Dark and Wicked Book finished 17 Jan 2023. 3.5 to 4 stars.
Book 3 The Wicked Duke Book finished 31 Jan 2023. 3.5 stars.

Decadent Dukes Society by Madeline Hunter Series Finished 29 Apr 2023
Book 1 The Most Dangerous Duke in London Book finished 2021. 3 to 3.5 stars
Book 2 A Devil of a Duke Book finished 29 Apr 2023 3.5 stars
Book 3 Never Deny a Duke Book finished 3 Feb 2023 3.5 stars

Mischief in Mayfair series by Grace Burrowes.
I did not finish this series. Five new books have been published in 2022-2023 that I haven't yet read! Maybe next year's challenge!

The Palace of Rogues series by Julie Anne Long
Books 1-4 read in previous years. Series finished 3 Dec 2023
Book 5 You Were Made to Be Mine Book finished 30 Nov 2023. 3.5 to 4 stars
Book 6 How to Tame a Wild Rogue Book finished 3 Dec 2023. 3.5 to 4 stars

Addictive Level: completed 18/26

Rescued from Ruin series by Elisa Braden - 12/13
1. The Madness of Viscount Atherbourne - completed 1/28
2. The Truth About Cads and Dukes - completed 1/31
3. Desperately Seeking a Scoundrel - completed 2/2
5. When a Girl Loves an Earl - reread/completed 5/20
6. Confessions of a Dangerous Lord - completed 5/15
7. Anything but a Gentleman - completed 3/23
8. A Marriage Made in Scandal - completed 3/27
9. A Kiss from a Rogue - completed 3/30
9.5 Once Upon a Midnight Kiss -


The League of Rogues series by Lauren Smith - 13/17
0.5. The Wicked Beginning
1. Wicked Designs - reread/completed 5/31
2. His Wicked Seduction - completed 2/7
4. Wicked Rivals - completed 2/11
5. Her Wicked Longing - completed 7/15
6. His Wicked Embrace - completed 2/12
7. Earl of Pembroke - completed 8/8
8. His Wicked Secret - completed 3/5
9. The Last Wicked Rogue - completed 6/7
10. Never Kiss a Scot - completed 3/6
11. Earl of Kent
12. Boudreaux's Lady - completed 3/7
13. Never Tempt a Scot - completed 6/30
14. Earl of Morrey - completed 7/7
15. Escaping the Earl
16. Lost with a Scot


Seduction series by Lauren Smith - 4/4 COMPLETED
1. The Duelist's Seduction - completed 3/2
3. The Rogue's Seduction - completed 8/17
4. The Gentleman's Seduction - completed 6/18


The Survivor series by Shana Galen - 9/13
0.5) The Kissing of the Shrew -
10) Her Royal Payne -
11) From Rags to Kisses -
12) I Want You to Want Me -


Sinful Suitors (mainly the novellas) by Sabrina Jeffries - 7/8
1.5) The Heiress and the Hothead - DNF
5.5) The Risk of Rogues - completed 12/27


The Duke Hunt series by Sophie Jordan - 4/4 COMPLETED
1. The Duke Goes Down - completed 5/7
2. The Rake Gets Ravished - completed 5/9
3. The Scoundrel Falls Hard - completed 5/10
4. The Duke Starts a Scandal - completed 12/23


The Goode Girls series by Kerrigan Byrne - 6/9
5. Crying Wolfe - completed 1/10
6. Flirting with Disaster - not yet released
7. Playing with Fire - not yet released
8. Dealing with the Devil - not yet released


The Chessmen: Masters of Seduction series by Lorraine Heath - 2/3
1. The Counterfeit Scoundrel - completed 3/20
2. The Notorious Lord Knightly - completed 7/15
3. In Want of a Viscount - not yet released


Girl Bachelors series by Laura Lee Guhrke - 3/4
1. And Then He Kissed Her -
2. The Wicked Ways of a Duke - completed 6/21
3. Secret Desires of a Gentleman - completed 6/12
4. With Seduction in Mind - completed 6/26




Highland Brides series by Lynsay Sands - 11/?
11. In Her Highlander's Bed - completed 2/18


Bow Street Bachelors series by Kate Bateman - 3/3 COMPLETED
2. To Catch an Earl - completed 7/3
3. The Princess and the Rogue - completed 7/5


Wallflowers vs. Rogues series by Lenora Bell - 3/3 COMPLETED
2. The Devil's Own Duke - completed 7/7
3. Duke Most Wicked - completed 4/28


The Footmen's Club by Valerie Bowman - 6/6 COMPLETED
5. Earl Lessons - completed 1/5
6. The Duke Is Back- completed 1/9


Devil series by Catherine Coulter - 2/2 COMPLETED
2. Devil's Daughter - completed 4/25


Viking Era series by Catherine Coulter - 4/4 COMPLETED
3. Lord of Raven's Peak - completed 6/28
4. Lord of Falcon Ridge - completed 6/29


Lords of the Armory by Anna Harrington - 6/6 COMPLETED
6. A Problem Princess - completed 5/7


Capitol Theater duology by Lisa Kleypas - 2/2 COMPLETED
1. Somewhere I'll Find You - completed 4/30


The Masqueraders series by S.M. LaViolette - 3/3 COMPLETED
1. The Footman - completed 3/13
2. The Postilion - completed 2/27
3. The Bastard - completed 4/17


Last Chance Scoundrels series by Eva Leigh - 3/3 COMPLETED
2. How the Wallflower was Won - DNF'd
3. A Rogue's Rules for Seduction - completed 5/3


Reece Family Trilogy by Caroline Linden - 3/3 COMPLETED
2. What a Rogue Desires - completed 3/1


The Mating Habits of Scoundrels series by Vivienne Lorret - 5/5 COMPLETED
5. Never Seduce a Duke - completed 3/12


Rebellious Desires series by Stacy Reid - 2/2 COMPLETED
2. The Earl in My Bed - completed 8/2


Scandalous House of Clarydon series by Stacy Reid - 4/4 COMPLETED
1. The Duke's Shotgun Wedding - completed 4/9
2. The Irresistible Miss Peppiwell - completed 4/9
4. The Royal Conquest - completed 4/10


Improper series by Julianna Ross - 3/3 COMPLETED
1. Improper Relations - completed 7/10
2. Improper Arrangements - completed 7/13
3. Improper Proposals - completed 7/14


Outcasts series by Minerva Spencer - 3/3 - COMPLETED
2. Barbarous - completed 2/15
3. Scandalous - completed 2/23


The Gilded Age Heiresses by Harper St. George - 4/4 COMPLETED
4. The Duchess Takes a Husband - completed 4/31

I will participate this year. I will go for the Voracious level.
COMPLETED CHALLENGE JULY 14, 2023 Read 54 books.
DarcyBurke
ThePhoenix Club COMPLETED
Improper read Jan.24,2023
Impassioned read Jan. 26, 2023
Intolerable read Feb. 9, 2023
Indecent read Feb. 11, 2023
Impossible read Feb. 12, 2023
Irresistible read Feb. 15, 2023
Impeccable read Feb. 17, 2023
Insatiable read Feb. 18, 2023

ChristiCaldwell
The Heart of a Duke Series COMPLETED
1 For Love of the Duke Read March 3, 2023
2 More Than a Duke Read March 5, 2023
3 The Love of a Rogue Read March 7, 2023
4 Loved by a Duke Read March 8, 2023
5 To Love a Lord Read March 11, 2023
6 The Heart of a Scoundrel Read March 13, 2023
7 To Wed His Christmas Lady Read March 13, 2023
8 To Trust a RogueRead Mar.15,2023
9 The Lure of a RakeRead March 17, 2023
10 To Woo a Widow Read March 18, 2023
11 To Redeem a Rake Read March 22, 2023
12 One Winter with a Baron May 23, 2023
13 To Enchant a Wicked Duke June 8, 2023
14 Beguiled by a Baron June 10, 2023
15 To Tempt a Scoundrel June 12, 2023
16To Hold a Lady's Secret June 13, 2023
17 To Catch a Viscount June 15, 2023
18 Defying the Heart of a Duke June 18, 2023
19 [book:To Marry Her Marquess June 19, 2023
20 The Devil and the Debutante June 21, 2023
21 Devil by Daylight June 23, 2023
22 My Heart Forever June 19, 2023

Rebecca Connolly
Spinster Chronicles COMPLETED
1 [book:The Merry Lives of Spinsters Read Feb. 19, 2023
2 The Spinster and I Read Feb.21, 2023
3 Spinster and Spice Read Feb. 23, 2023
4 My Fair Spinster Read Feb. 25, 2023
5 God Rest Ye Merry SpinsterJuly 14, 2023
6 What a Spinster Wants Feb. 26, 2023
7 Spinster Ever After Mar. 1, 2023

Lauren Smith
League of Rogues COMPLETED
1 Wicked Designs Read April 10, 2023
2 His Wicked Seduction read April 13, 2023
3Her Wicked Proposal Read April 19, 2023
4 Wicked Rivals read April 20, 2023
5 Her Wicked Longing(novella) read April 21, 2023
6 His Wicked Embrace (novella)read April 23, 2023
7 Earl of Pembroke(novella) (WICKED EARLS CLUB) April 23,2023
8 His Wicked Secret read April 24, 2023
9 The Last Wicked Rogue Read April 26, 2023
10 Never Kiss a Scot July 5, 2023
11 Earl of Kent(novella) (WICKED EARLS CLUB) July 7, 2023
12 Boudreaux's Lady July 10, 2023
13 Never Tempt a Scot July 8, 2023
14 Earl of Morrey(novella)( WICKED EARLS CLUB) July 9, 2023
15 Escaping the Earl(novella) July 11, 2023
16 Lost with a Scot July 13, 2023
18 Earl of Zennor July 12, 2023

Jenny's Tracking Post: 2023 Mad About Series
Level 4: Addictive (7+)
Completed:
Total Books:

The Byronic Book Club by Amy Rose Bennett (1/3)
1) Up All Night with a Good Duke - Jan - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2) Curled Up with an Earl
3) Tall, Duke, and Scandalous

Ladies Most Unlikely by Jayne Fresina (0/3)
1) The Trouble with His Lordship's Trousers
2) The Danger in Desperate Bonnets
3) The Bounce in the Captain's Boots

Maiden Lane by Elizabeth Hoyt (1/17?)
1) Scandalous Desires - 2022 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2) Notorious Pleasures - 2022 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3) Wicked Intentions - 2022 - ⭐⭐⭐
4) Thief of Shadows - Feb - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
5) Lord of Darkness
6) Duke of Midnight
6.5) A Maiden Lane Christmas Special
7) Darling Beast
8) Dearest Rogue
9) Sweetest Scoundrel
10) Duke of Sin
10.5) Once Upon a Moonlit Night
10.7) Once Upon a Christmas Eve
11) Duke of Pleasure
12) Duke of Desire
12.5) Once Upon a Maiden Lane
12.7) Once Upon a Missive

Mariana's Tracker Post

Addictive (Level 4) : SEVEN or MORE series

The Merridew Sisters Series by Anne Gracie - DONE
1) The Perfect Rake - read twice
2) The Perfect Waltz - read in 2021
3) The Perfect Stranger - completed 6/24/2023, rated 4 stars
4) The Perfect Kiss - completed 2/13/2024, rated 1.5 stars

Girls from the Mountain Series by Vikki Kestell
1) Tabitha - reread completed 2/22/2023, rated 5 stars
2) Tory
3) Sarah Redeemed

Mackenzies & McBrides Series by Jennifer Ashley
10)
11)
12)

Seductive Scoundrels Series by Collette Cameron
1) A Diamond for a Duke - read in 2022
2) Only a Duke Would Dare - completed 1/19/2023, rated 4 stars
3) A December with a Duke - completed 3/4/2023, rated 3 stars
4) What Would a Duke Do? - completed 4/25/2023, rated 3 stars
5) Wooed by a Wicked Duke - completed 10/1/2024, rated 4 stars
6) Duchess of His Heart - completed 10/1/2024, rated 5 stars
7) Never Dance with a Duke - completed 10/4/2024, rated 4 stars
8) Wedding Her Christmas Duke: A Regency Romance
9) The Debutante and the Duke
10) Loved by a Dangerous Duke
11) How to Win a Duke's Heart
12) When a Duke Desires a Lass
13) My Dearest Duke

The Grooms Series by Rose Gordon - DONE
1) Her Sudden Groom - completed 1/29/2023, rated 4 stars
2) Her Reluctant Groom - completed 3/27/2023, rated 4 stars
3) Her Secondhand Groom - completed 5/5/2023, rated 4 stars
3) Her Imperfect Groom - completed 11/17/2023, rated 4 stars

The Brides of Skye Series by Jayne Castel - DONE
1) The Beast's Bride - completed 3/15/2023, rated 5 stars
2) The Outlaw's Bride - completed 3/16/2023, rated 4 stars
3) The Rogue's Bride - completed 4/4/2023, rated 4 stars

Crime & Passion Series by Mary Lancaster - DONE
1) Mysterious Lover - read in 2022
2) Letters to a Lover - completed 1/22/2023, rated 5 stars
3) Dangerous Lover - completed 4/30/2023, rated 4 stars

Victorian Prizefighters Series by Alice Coldbreath - DONE
1) A Bride for the Prizefighter - read in 2022
2) A Substitute Wife for the Prizefighter - completed 10/29/2023, rated 4.5 stars
3) A Contracted Spouse for the Prizefighter - completed 8/24/2024, rated 4 stars

A Duke's Heiress Series by Madeline Hunter - DONE
1) Heiress for Hire - completed 7/5/2022, rated 4 stars
2) Heiress In Red Silk - completed 11/10/2022, rated 2 starts
3) The Heiress Bride - completed 4/22/2023, rated 4 stars

Heroes of San Diego Series by Kathryn Albright
1) The Angel and the Outlaw - reread completed 6/9/2023, rated 5 stars
2) The Gunslinger and the Heiress - completed 6/12/2023, rated 4 stars
3) Familiar Stranger in Clear Springs - completed 5/7/2023, rated 4 stars
4) Christmas Kiss from the Sheriff

Westcott Series by Mary Balogh
1) Someone to Love - completed 4/29/2023, rated 4 stars
2) Someone to Hold - completed 5/11/2023, rated 5 stars
3) Someone to Wed - completed 5/14/2023, rated 5 stars
4) Someone to Care - completed 5/17/2023, rated 4 stars
5) Someone to Trust
6) Someone to Honor
6.5) Someone to Remember
7) Someone to Romance
8) Someone to Cherish
9) Someone Perfect

The Kingdom of Northumbria Series by Jayne Castel - DONE
1) The Whispering Wind - completed 6/19/2023, rated 4 stars
2) Wind Song - completed 6/19/2023, rated 3 stars
3) Lord of the North Wind - completed 10/2/2023, rated 4.5 stars

Highlander Series by Amanda Forester - DONE
1) The Highlander's Sword - reread completed 6/25/2023, rated 5 stars
2) The Highlander's Heart - reread completed 6/29/2023, rated 4 stars
3) True Highland Spirit - reread completed 6/29/2023, rated 5 stars

Scandalous Sisters Series by Rose Gordon - DONE
1) Intentions of the Earl - reread completed 7/22/2023, rated 4 stars
2) Liberty for Paul - reread completed 7/22/2023, rated 4 stars
3) To Win His Wayward Wife - reread completed 7/23/2023, rated 4 stars

Smythe-Smith Quartet Series by Julia Quinn - DONE
1) Just Like Heaven - reread completed 8/7/2023, rated 5 stars
2) A Night Like This: A Smythe-Smith Quartet - reread completed 9/2/2023, rated 5 stars
3) The Sum of All Kisses - reread completed 6/18/2023, rated 5 stars
4) The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy - reread completed 9/3/2023, rated 5 stars

The Way to a Lord's Heart Series by Jane Ashford
1) Brave New Earl - reread completed 8/2/2023, rated 3 stars
2) A Lord Apart - reread completed 8/13/2023, rated 5 stars
3) How to Cross a Marquess
4) A Duke Too Far
5) Earl's Well That Ends Well

Marriage Mart Series by Amanda Forester
1) A Wedding in Springtime - reread completed 8/14/2023, rated 4 stars
2) A Midsummer Bride - reread completed 8/19/2023, rated 5 stars
3) A Winter Wedding

The Duke's Estates Series by Jane Ashford - DONE
4) A Gentleman Ought to Know - completed 9/9/2023, rated 4 stars
5) The Duke's Best Friend - completed 9/11/2023, rated 4 stars

I failed so miserably in 2022. So am going to drop down to “passionate” this year.

Happy New Year all- This is my tracking post.
Addictive!!

1. James River Trilogy - Jude Deveraux- 3.5 star
2. Wicked Husbands Series(6 books)- Scarlet scott- 3.5 stars
3. Coleman Family Saga (2 books)Sandra Brown- 4 stars

I'm going to give this another go.
Cath's tracking post
Level: Voracious

1. Bedwyn Saga - Mary Balogh
One Night for Love - finished 1/27/22; 2 stars
A Summer to Remember - finished 2/15/22; 4.5 stars
Slightly Married - finished 3/18/22; 4.5 stars
Slightly Wicked
Slightly Scandalous
Slightly Tempted
Slightly Sinful
Slightly Dangerous - finished 4/21/17; 3 stars
Simply Unforgettable
Simply Love
Simply Magic
Simply Perfect

2. The Hathaways - Lisa Kleypas
Mine Till Midnight - finished 4/30/19; 4 stars
Seduce Me at Sunrise - finished 4/26/21; 2 stars
Tempt Me at Twilight - finished 9/29/23; 4 stars
Married by Morning
Love in the Afternoon

Definitely Addictive.

Series Ongoing

1. The Ravenals by Lisa Kleypas
- Cold-Hearted Rake

Series Completed

1. Sinful Suttons by Scarlett Scott
- 1 to 6 completed in 2022
- Sutton's Secrets

Debby "Baby Dee" Tracking Post
Voracious (Level 2): THREE to FOUR series

Series One: At the Kingsborough Ball by Sophie Barnes
1. The Trouble with Being a Duke read 1/22/23
2. The Scandal in Kissing an Heir read 1/29/23
3. The Danger in Tempting an Earl

Series Two: Wicked Trilogy by Madeline Hunter
1. His Wicked Reputation read 1/28/23
2. Tall, Dark and Wicked read 2/6/23
3. The Wicked Duke read 2/9/23

Series Three: Brides of Scandal by Diana Bold
1. Gambling on the Duke's Daughter read 3/31/23
2. Marrying the American Heiress
3. Finding the Black Orchid
4. Seducing the Spinster: A Novella

Series Four: Longhope Abbey by Mia Vincey
1. A Scandalous Kind of Duke read 5/13/2023

Series Four Us by Colleen Hoover
1. It Starts with Us read 3/27/2023

I'm in, although with fewer series than usual! :)

Tried this challenge last year, which was a mistake with having to finish law school and take the bar exam. Now that I've passed, I should be more successful. To be on the safe side, though I think I'll stick to Voracious (Level 2).

Congratulations Tanya on passing your exam’s. Good luck with your challenge.

Tanya wrote: "Tried this challenge last year, which was a mistake with having to finish law school and take the bar exam. Now that I've passed, I should be more successful. To be on the safe side, though I think..."

Congrats on passing the bar exam!

I am reading the Windham series. First 3 books are also called the Obsession Trilogy 4 to 8 books are also called The Duke’s Daughters.
So are they classed as 1 or 2 series??🤷‍♀️

🐝 Shaz 🐝 wrote: "I am reading the Windham series. First 3 books are also called the Obsession Trilogy 4 to 8 books are also called The Duke’s Daughters.
So are they classed as 1 or 2 series??🤷‍♀️"

Up to you really.

"The Windham series contains three sub-series: The Duke's Obsession (about the duke's three sons), The Duke's Daughters (about his five daughters), and The Duke and His Duchess, two prequel novellas."
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Finished my first series for 2023 :) The Wicked trilogy by Madeline Hunter. I read all three books in January, and enjoyed them, although it's not my fav series by Hunter. They were still a decent read.

Not quite sure which series I'll tackle next.

I'm stuck in Thr Ravennels, I'm reading so, so little :(

Congrats, Jan!

Well done Jan.
I like Madeline Hunter. It was your reviews that started me reading MH books .

Thanks Missy and Shaz.

@Sandra, I love the Ravenels series, but I read them widely spaced out. Might be a bit intense trying to read them all one after another! Good luck.

I have started reading Viking Surrender series. 10 books by different authors (novella’s)
Book 1 , introduce the starting of the story to follow.
Book 2 , Jarl Brandt and Eithne story.

I wanna join this! I have never managed to win this challenge, maybe this is my year! Fingers crossed

I will start shy by finishing what I have already started

Pennyroyal Green
Between the Devil and Ian Eversea
It Started With a Scandal
The Legend of Lyon Redmond
FINALLY I finished Pennyroyal Green! So so happy (and sad :/)

Rescued from Ruin
A Kiss from a Rogue

Devil you know
How to Love a Duke in Ten Days
All Scot and Bothered
The Devil in Her Bed

Spindle Cove
A Night to Surrender
A Week to Be Wicked
A Lady by Midnight
Any Duchess Will Do
Do You Want to Start a Scandal

League of Dukes
Fearless Duke

Amy wrote: "I wanna join this! I have never managed to win this challenge, maybe this is my year! Fingers crossed

I will start shy by finishing what I have already started

Pennyroyal Green
[book:Between the..."

I have somehow never finished the Pennyroyal Green series either. Maybe this will be the year to clean up the last couple :)

Good luck with your challenge, Amy.

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Can you please also add me ? :)

Jan wrote: "Amy wrote: "I wanna join this! I have never managed to win this challenge, maybe this is my year! Fingers crossed

I will start shy by finishing what I have already started

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Thanx Jan. Thing is that I get obsessed for a few months and I am reading like crazy but then something happens like a break up for example and I loose my concentration for months :(
I was so close to wining my reading challenge and my mad about series challenge last year.
Hope I can manage this year!Let me know if you get to finish Pennyroyal Green

Amy wrote: "Thanx Jan. Thing is that I get obsessed for a few months and I am reading like crazy but then something happens like a break up for example and I loose my concentration for months :(
I was so close to wining my reading challenge and my mad about series challenge last year.
Hope I can manage this year!Let me know if you get to finish Pennyroyal Green."

Yeah I get you. It's easy to lose the thread with some of these long series. Good luck.

Agreed. If the series is long or still has future publications, I frequently read some and then move to the following year. However, I LOVE reading series in order. I always add some novella series, trilogies, and quartets; so I always win! :)

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Done!

I have had a few series which are long. Normally read 3 or 4 from series then read a few other books and go back to series.
I need to update my challenge as I have a few series to add , which I have read.

Finished my second series. Wicked Husbands by Scarlett Scott. It was a good one

Congrats Padma!

With the new BINGO challenge, I've been getting a slow start on my series books.

Congratulations, Padma! The series sounds good based on the name alone (Wicked Husbands, oooh, yeeaaahh!!!!).

congrats Padma :) I also have that series by Scarlett Scott in my tbr for this year!

Thank you Mariana Missy Paula :)

I'm a total series maniac! Level 4! Series read so far, and I certainly won't stop here:

1. Victorian Decadence by S.M LaViolette
   1. His Harlot
   2. His Valet
   3. His Countess
   4. Her Beast
   5. Their Master

2. Wicked Deceptions by Joanna Shupe
   1. The Courtesan Duchess
   2. The Harlot Countess
   3. The Lady Hellion

3. Wyckerley Trilogy by Patricia Gaffney
   1. To Love and to Cherish
   2. To Have and to Hold
   3. Forever & Ever

4. Wagers and Wallflowers by Alyssa Clarke (all released so far, 10)
   1. Love Me, If You Dare
   2. Mary Me, If you Dare 
   3. Seduce Me, If You Dare
   4. Ruin Me, If you Dare
   5. Kiss Me, If you Dare
   6. Tempt Me, If You Dare
   7. Wrong Earl, Right Dare
   8. Daring with the rogue
   9. The Difference a Dare Makes
10. No Good Dare Goes Unpunished

5. Those Very Bad Fairbanks by Alyssa Clarke (all released so far, 7)
    1. Taming of the rogue
    2. The Viscount and the hellion
    3. Slighty Wicked
    4. Seven nights with the duke
    5. Between scandal and desire
    6. My Fare Rakess
    7. The scoundrel you know

6. Uptown girls by Joanna Shupe
     1. The rogue of fifth avenue
     2. The prince of broadway
     3. The devil of downtown

7. Saints and sinners by Heather Boyd
     1. The duke and I
     2. A gentleman's vow
     3. An earl of her own
     4. The lady tamed

Favorite so far: Wagers and Wallflowers by Alyssa Clarke

Worst: Uptown girls by Joanna Shupe

@Paula, I was thinking about completing Uptown Girls by Joanna Shupe. I'll hold off on that series for now.

I am reading Wendy Vella , Sinclair and Raven series. Humour, mysteries, romance and lots of family characters. I have enjoyed each book up to now.

I just finished Coleman family Saga by Sandra Brown. Was a v good one

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That's a series I am definitely considering after I finish the ones I've already started. I really enjoyed book 1.

I have had a break from my Sinclair and Raven series. But I am now back to reading them. Still enjoying the series. 👍📚

I have been reading Emily Windsor, Rules of the Rogue series.

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OBSESSIVE

Victorian Prizefighters by Alice Coldbreath
A Bride for the Prizefighter - read in 2022
A Substitute Wife for the Prizefighter - Feb 2023
A Contracted Spouse for the Prizefighter - Feb 2023

Bridal Stories - Connie Brockway
The Bridal Season - Feb 2023
Bridal Favors - Mar 2023

Difficult Dukes - Loretta Chase
A Duke in Shining Armor - April 2023
Ten Things I Hate About the Duke - April 2023

Malory-Anderson Families
Love Only Once - Jan 2023
Tender Rebel - Feb 2023
Gentle Rogue - April 2023 3 stars
The Magic of You - April 2023 2 stars
Say You Love Me
The Present
A Loving ScoundrelCaptive of My Desires
No Choice But Seduction
That Perfect Someone
Stormy Persuasion
Beautiful Tempest

The Rarest Blooms - Madeline Hunter
Ravishing in Red - May 2023 5 stars
Provocative in Pearls - May 2023 3 stars
Sinful in Satin - June 2023 4 stars
Dangerous in Diamonds - June 2023 4 stars

I loved the Malory series. Kept all the books to read again.
Hope you enjoy it Susan .

Yay I finished my second series for the year, The Decadent Dukes Society by Madeline Hunter. I read the first book in this series way back in 2021! Finally got to the other two books this year LOL. It's not my fav series by this author, but it was still worth the read.

That's great, Jan!

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Congrats on completing the series!