Devil May Care: Enemies-to-Lovers Standalone Romance

Boys of Preston Prep, Book 1

By: Angel Lawson, Samantha Rue

Narrated by: Lula Larkin

Everyone knows Gwendolyn and Hamilton are enemies. What happens when the whole school finds out their secret?

Gwendolyn Adams has been canceled.

The Preston Prep Devils made that clear after the incident that forced my sister Skylar to leave our academy. They wanted me to leave, too, but I refused. I’m sticking around to make sure they follow through on the deal the snobby, elite crew of jocks made with the administration.

The arrangement is simple. No one ever speaks about what happened to Skylar again, and no one gets punished.

But that's not exactly true, is it? I still get punished, each and every day that I walk down the halls. No one speaks to me. No one looks at me. No one even admits I exist.

It doesn’t matter. I know what they did. And I know who’s in charge - Hamilton Bates.

Handsome, smart, and ridiculously privileged. He’s the lead devil, and my hatred for him is all in the details.

All it takes is one slip, one heated argument, one mistake, and everything gets even more complicated.

We get complicated.

Is this love? Or, has the devil found a new plaything?

Devil May Care is the gripping, angsty, enemies-to-lovers, bully romance by USA Today best-selling author Angel Lawson you’ve been waiting for!

©2020 Angel Lawson (P)2020 Angel Lawson

I love this book!

I have read this book twice now and listened to it once. I love the characters and storyline. The background of the audio was odd, like it was done in a large empty room or domething. Despite thst the narrator did a good job.

Lovely moments in this one

The bully romance genre is painful. And yet—I keep reading them. I really like this writing duo (the lords/dukes series they penned—brilliant and hot). I know a lot about the American coming of age high school trope (especially female protagonists), and —yes—it involves romance. Because—well, high school is the time for such great drama and possibility. And sex. And insecurity. And ecstasy. And grand declarations. And feelings of bottomless loss. And the budding awareness of power dynamics as they are stacked by economic class, education, and gender.

It’s not surprising that these stories are populated by rich kids, though the problems of the privileged are always a bit hard to stomach. I think even the characters know this; certainly, the authors do. It’s ok to suspend disbelief and experience the fury and rewards of lives on the precipice of becoming. This book does a great job of creating a stage for that.

Having said all of that, I must admit two things: one, chapter 21 brought me to actual tears (what? This wizened, hardened heart??). A lovely portrait of falling in love without being interrupted by the banal convention that demands virginity from its heroines. HOORAY. Co-captains! I’m all for it. I can’t say that I didn’t skip whole chapters —especially near the end—because I just don’t need to go through the emotional torture—and—balm these stories ultimately offer.

This story offered some beauty about the human condition, despite the fact that it is packaged in a ridiculous prep school with a ridiculous mascot among the ridiculously wealthy. I don’t care! It’s good.

Love the angst, steam and romance

This is my favorite audio book of 2020 so far. The narrator does a great job doing the male and female voices. I loved that this is a character driven story and the emotions, angst, and romance all ring true! The story is extremely well written and the characters and world-building are just wonderful. I read the book first and then bought it on Audible, too, which I rarely do. I'll be the first in line to buy anything these 2 authors write.

perfect

Gwendolyn and Hamilton are enemies and have been for a while. But after an incident with Gwendolyn sister they are mortal enemies. Things change after an heat argument. Things get hot and dangerous as no one can find out their secrets. Listening to this book was amazing and I loved how both grew within their roles. I cant wait to read more from this author.

Loved it

I stumbled across this and am so glad I did. Don’t rule it out as it’s only a single narrator. She does great.