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A Week to Be Wicked Mass Market Paperback – March 27 2012

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When a devilish lord and a bluestocking set off on the road to ruin . . . time is not on their side.

Minerva Highwood, one of Spindle Cove's confirmed spinsters, needs to be in Scotland.

Colin Sandhurst, Lord Payne, a rake of the first order, needs to be . . . anywhere but Spindle Cove.

These unlikely partners have one week:

to fake an elopement
to convince family and friends they're "in love"
to outrun armed robbers
to survive their worst nightmares
to travel four hundred miles without killing each other

All while sharing a very small carriage by day and an even smaller bed by night.

What they don't have time for is their growing attraction. Much less wild passion. And heaven forbid they spend precious hours baring their hearts and souls.

Suddenly one week seems like exactly enough time to find a world of trouble. And maybe . . . just maybe . . . everlasting love.

 

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When a devilish lord and a bluestocking set off on the road to ruin . . . time is not on their side.

Minerva Highwood, one of Spindle Cove's confirmed spinsters, needs to be in Scotland.

Colin Sandhurst, Lord Payne, a rake of the first order, needs to be . . . anywhere but Spindle Cove.

These unlikely partners have one week:

to fake an elopement
to convince family and friends they're "in love"
to outrun armed robbers
to survive their worst nightmares
to travel four hundred miles without killing each other

All while sharing a very small carriage by day and an even smaller bed by night.

What they don't have time for is their growing attraction. Much less wild passion. And heaven forbid they spend precious hours baring their hearts and souls.

Suddenly one week seems like exactly enough time to find a world of trouble. And maybe . . . just maybe . . . everlasting love.

About the Author

Tessa Dare is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of more than a dozen historical romances. A librarian by training and a book-lover at heart, Tessa makes her home in Southern California, where she shares a cozy, cluttered bungalow with her husband, their two children, and a pair of cosmic kittens.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Avon (March 27 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0062049879
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062049872
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 453 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.64 x 2.44 x 17.15 cm
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Tessa Dare is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty historical romances. Her books have received numerous accolades, including Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA® award (twice) and multiple RT Book Reviews Reviewer's Choice Awards. Booklist magazine named her one of the "new stars of historical romance," and her books have been contracted for translation in a dozen languages.

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Aubiline
5.0 out of 5 stars No! It's Not the End Already!
Reviewed in Canada on February 8, 2014
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This story made me laugh and cry and lust and made me feel deeply about it's characters all the way through. It is non stop humour and twists and it is the "can't put it down" type of book. I was sad when I reached the end because I didn't want it to end, but nevertheless, I read the last lines filled with feelings of immense joy for the characters.
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Raymond Thompson
4.0 out of 5 stars Regency romp
Reviewed in Canada on June 4, 2019
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A merry Regency romp in the author’s typical style, as Minerva Highwood and Colin, Lord Payne, careen from one disaster to another on a mad dash to a geology symposium in Edinburgh, where she intends to present evidence of an important discovery: the footprint of a dinosaur, no less!
The pace grows overly frenetic and the adventures increasingly improbable, but the wit is delicious, the heroine feisty, and the lovers earn their happy ever after through character growth.
Readers who appreciate explicit sexual scenes will be satisfied.
Recommended.
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HJ
5.0 out of 5 stars best spinsters ever;
Reviewed in Canada on October 12, 2016
A WEEK TO BE WICKED was everything. Perfection. A sorta-hate-to-love story for two complete opposites : the bookish shrewish scientist and the unapologetic rake.. with a dark tragic past. This tale was hilarious and sweet and wonderful and poignant. The strangest, best, most unbelievably sexy Regency-era roadtrip ever. Likely the only sexy Regency roadtrip ever (maybe? I don't know, who even cares, this was the best).

If I could give this six "for the love of tits" stars, I would.

The flirty math banter. Polysyllabic words. Sword swallowing. Francine. Cobra taming. Mellisandre the foreign princess assassin. Other random bits that will make no sense to someone who hasn't read this yet.. (and I mean, what are you waiting for!)

This is pure classic Dare but almost in a more subtle way; the humour is still laugh out loud, though less from outright ridiculousness, and the chemistry is crazy believable. While this series is very different from Castles Ever After, which has forever put Dare on a pedestal that even the author herself is unlikely to top, I can't help but be totally enchanted with these amazing spinsters and the men who fall helplessly, and desperately, for them
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5.0 out of 5 stars Enchanting
Reviewed in Canada on April 15, 2012
A Week to be Wicked was totally enchanting. I loved being part of Minerva and Colin's romance. Minerva is a nerdy, independent scientist who desperately wants to be recognized in her field of geology. Colin is a rake putting in time in Spindle Cove until he can collect his inheritance. The directness of their interactions was a nice change of pace for a historical. There was no dithering and to and fro. They both knew pretty quickly how they felt and what they wanted it was just a matter of how they got there. I liked that Dare didn't dumb down Minerva and she was no simpering lady she was strong, outspoken and not afraid to take risks and that Colin loved her because of these things not in spite of them. Colin has his own demons and reasons for being who he is and it was sweet the way Minerva just accepted him as he was. A Week to be Wicked was humorous - I think I read most of the book with a smile on my face. Minerva and Colin's inner dialogs were wonderfully entertaining. I loved it so much I had to go back and reread some of my favorite parts because I just wasn't ready to leave Spindle Cove and Minerva and Colin yet. I can't wait for A Lady by Midnight which is Thorne and Kate's installment of Spindle Cove.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not my fav from Tessa Dare
Reviewed in Canada on January 5, 2020
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This is my third Tessa Dare book and also my least fav. The reason for yhat is most likely that their is just to mucn sex for my liking.
The story is pretty funny. Some ridiculous thing happen and then sexy time. This is the story for all you tirsty gals and boys. Sadly I'm just not that tirsty...
Didn't like the guy that much either. He was a little bit too confusing at time. Not best boy in my opinion.
I always like the MC in her book and Min was just like the ogher lovely girls in her book.
I still like th3 book. Just not as much as the other.
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Laura L
3.0 out of 5 stars Good Character Journey
Reviewed in Canada on November 18, 2022
3.5 stars
This is a good second book in the series. I love hearing about the couple from the first book and seeing other secondary characters from Spindle Cove. I really like Colin and Minerva – their romance and their interactions where enjoyable. The premise was interesting and the book does a good job with it. It was fun to see their growth – dealing with their hang-ups and issues. Seeing these characters in book one and where they are at the end of book two was fitting.

I found that the story dragged on a bit in the middle and I would have liked it if it had been a little bit shorter. There were times when I felt disconnected from the story.

Overall, I enjoyed the story and am looking forward to reading the other books in the series and see these characters through those books.
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Kristen Lewendon
3.0 out of 5 stars but in so many ways I really didn’t like the characters through most of the story
Reviewed in Canada on May 22, 2018
I don’t quite know what to think about this book. Their mad rush into Scotland was amusing. There are several scenes that made me laugh, but in so many ways I really didn’t like the characters through most of the story. Colin behaves like a self-centered jerk and Minerva spends most of her time behaving like callous shrew. At least the super sweet ending made up for a lot of their poor behavior earlier in the story.
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Kheira Bensoukehal
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved Minerva and Colin’s story
Reviewed in Canada on January 21, 2024
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You will not be disappointed, this epic love story has all the things you need to make your heart melt!
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mariechulita
5.0 out of 5 stars loved it
Reviewed in Germany on October 25, 2023
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Great book, couldn’t put it aside! This could easily be turned into a film. This one is so far my favourite of Tessa Dares books.
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Tibbins
5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Book Full Of Humour And Wit
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 20, 2021
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I thoroughly enjoyed the first book in this series and was looking forward to Colins story. I wasn’t, however expecting to be totally and completely enthralled by it. I know that “I couldn’t put it down” is such a cliche, but in this case it was only too true and I really did read it from start to finish in just two sittings.
I totally fell in love with Colin and thought Minerva was his perfect match. Colin had a desperately sad and emotional story hidden in his past and there are phobias and fears that he is unable to face. He is a handsome rake, totally charming and incredibly charismatic. Minerva is a bluestocking, very clever, a geologist and doubts she will ever marry.
They undertake a journey to Edinburgh together so that Minerva can make a presentation at the Scottish Geological Society. The whole trip is an absolute joy - there are setbacks at every turn and Colin charms their way out of them with tall tales and many hidden talents, while Minerva slowly comes out of her shell and becomes confident and self assured. There is a sizzling attraction between them from the start.
This is a wonderfully witty book, numerous laugh out loud moments and definitely has a feel good factor. Tessa Dare can not write books like this quick enough for me. Please keep them coming.
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Buba
5.0 out of 5 stars Romance encantador
Reviewed in Brazil on March 26, 2019
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Tessa Dare não decepciona seus fãs.
A Week to Be Wicked, da série Spindle Cove, é um delicioso romance que conta o envolvimento dos jovens Miranda e Colin numa jornada de aventuras, surpresas e auto conhecimento.
A história traz uma trama bem amarrada cheia de viradas surpreendentes, um casal de protagonistas encantador e um time de coadjuvantes que não deixa o ritmo cair.
Excelente leitura para os fãs da autora e da série Spindle Cove que irão se encantar com este romance doce e sexy.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting read!
Reviewed in India on June 29, 2018
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A well thought of and well written story. Totally enjoyable. Has all the qualities of romance and emotion. Good book
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Tracy
5.0 out of 5 stars Wickedly Delightful
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2012
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~* 4.5 Stars *~
Though Minerva Highwood loves her sisters and suffers her mother, she can't embrace the sort of life they lead. She is happy only when her nose is buried in a book, or when she's off by herself, studying the rocks and fossils that thrill the geologist in her. She's a brainy bluestocking who wants nothing more than to be respected for her intellect and acknowledged for her discoveries.

She cannot, however, abide the thought of her beloved sister marrying the town rogue. In exchange for leaving her sister alone, she offers Lord Payne a deal. It's brilliant, really, and mutually beneficial. Instead of wedding Diana, he can run away with her. They can make it look like an elopement. If he accompanies her to Edinburgh to help her present her recent findings at the upcoming symposium for the Royal Geological Society, she will give him the five hundred guineas that she's sure to win for best presentation. Any ensuing ruin to her reputation is a personal price she's willing to pay.

Payne wants nothing more than to get out of Spindle Cove, but even he has his limits, and Miss Highwood has definitely exceeded them with her outlandish scheme. That's even assuming he could do what she asked, which he can't. The symposium is less than two weeks away and travelling would be problematic given his restrictions - restrictions he's loathe to explain in detail.

He may be a rake, and his reputation may be suspect at best, but even he has honor, and he refuses to ruin an innocent lady in such a callous way. Still, Minerva is intent and leaves him with exactly two choices, indulge her harebrained scheme until she begs off the journey and scurries back home, or become the worst sort of cad, letting her traipse off into the wide world all alone. That is really no choice at all, and he resigns himself to do what he can to look after her.

But neither his tattered honor nor his best intentions may be enough to help him ignore the passionate nature he starts to see peeking out at him from behind Minerva's spectacles now that she's slipped beyond the shadows of propriety. Heaven help them both.

~*~

My first visit to Spindle Cove secured my appreciation for author Tessa Dare. The delightful blend of sardonic humor, romance, and story in that series debut helped it become my favorite historical romance of the year and one of my favorites of all time. I was anxiously looking forward to continuing the series with this book, but I was trepidatious, too, as it's so rare in a series to have the same level of spectacular fun for two books in a row.

I needn't have worried.

Though this book as a whole wasn't quite as totally thrilling and all-encompassing in it's pleasure to read (only by a slim margin), the main characters Minerva and Colin, their evolving relationship, and their adventurous journey far exceeded my expectations and provided several hours of sublime enjoyment.

I loved Minerva for all her intelligence and strength, her honesty and her unabashed curiosity. She's guileless and true, and even with her insecurities she's forthright. She is truly a sharp character, and I adored how she took Colin to task on all manner of things when necessary. She never backed down, often initiating volleys of verbal warfare, keeping him on his toes. I even liked the bit of intellectual elitism she displays once or twice, and appreciated how she uses her intellect to shield her most tender feelings.

Colin ended up being even more of a delight to me than I had anticipated. I was expecting a fairly pedestrian if well-written transformation from rogue to dedicated hero, but what I got was a remarkably complex personality with some startling issues and a slow journey towards self confidence. Charming, yes. The man is definitely a charming rogue, seeming one with all the personal depth of puddle at the beginning, and Colin uses that charm like Minerva uses her intellect, both as a shield and a bludgeon.

We know of Colin's issues with sleeping alone from the first book. In this one we find out exactly from whence those issues sprung, and it is tragic. He is also a man dangerously close to the edge, living life day to day to quiet the rumblings of self-loathing and jaded cynicism that have him in his clutches. He is someone who has mostly given up the idea of being a truly good man because though his heart is often in the right place, his actions tend to blow up on him and anyone else in his vicinity.

He's a bit of a chameleon, actually, and easily adapts to every situation in which he finds himself, often in the most outlandish ways. He's one of those people who can be a friend to all but truly known by very, very few. And he's a little touchy about feeling worthy of Minerva's affections. All these wonderful, juicy layers to his character are slowly peeled away and displayed throughout the arc of the story and it provided much more depth and sweeping emotion to their romance than I was expecting.

Together, Min and Colin are simply fabulous. The banter between them was superb. Then their journey started and the relationship they began cobbling together becomes something remarkable. It's almost a begrudging friendship at first, growing warmer and warmer through familiarity and helped along by a wealth of inside jokes and tender moments. Along the way we see both characters grow and mature, finding their joys in themselves as well as each other.

As far as romances go, the one between Minerva and Colin was one of the best I've read for the depth and dimension given to their relationship. These two people truly learn each other, then truly feel for each other, for who they are at their core. It startled me a little, actually. There was such complexity in their relationship, so much knowing and accepting of their core selves, that it hit me just how rare that is in romance fiction.

I wasn't as enamored with the scenes from Spindle Cove that are sporadically interspersed between the chapters of Minerva and Colin's road trip. As much as I love that town with all its quirky charm and unique characters, those scenes were more a distraction than a benefit. I appreciate that they set the foundation for the romance between Kate and Thorne for the next book, but they just seemed an unnecessary disruption in this one.

For ardent fans of absolute historical authenticity in regency romance, I would caution readers this may not be the book or the series for you. The dialogue is more conversational and relaxed, and the plot is a bit out there. On the other hand, if you prefer your historical romance heavily sprinkled with humor, don't mind a lack of stiff-upper-lipness, and are hit by waves of spontaneous lust when you hear mathematical terminology, then I would suggest booking a trip to Spindle Cove as soon as possible. Like me, you'll fit right in.

QUOTABLES:
"My name is Minerva. I'm not your pet. And you're deranged if you think I'd ever marry you."
"But I thought you just said-"
"Run away with you, yes. Marry you?" She made an incredulous noise in her throat. "Please."
He blinked at her.
"I can see you're baffled."
"Oh, good. I would have admitted as much, but I know what pleasure you take in pointing out my intellectual shortcomings."

~*~

"How could you be certain of winning the prize?"
"I'll win. I could explain my findings to you in detail, but a great many polysyllabic words would be involved. I'm not sure you're up to them just now."

~*~

"Oh no. Oh God. I couldn't possibly be so stupid."
"Don't limit yourself. You can be anything you wish."

~*~

"At least Sir Alisdair would remember my name."
"Perhaps." He closed the distance between them, standing so near his chest grazed her breasts. "But could he kiss you so hard, you forget it?"

~*~*~*~
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