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  • Published: 24 June 2025
  • ISBN: 9780593639290
  • Imprint: Jove
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $38.00
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Rules for Ruin




No one betrays the Academy. But now Euphemia must decide: break the rules for her enemy, or let the rules break her heart.

On the outskirts of London sits a seemingly innocuous institution with a secretive aim—train young women to distract, disrupt, and discredit the patriarchy. Outraged by a powerful lord’s systematic attack on women’s rights in Parliament, the Academy summons its brightest—and most bitter—pupil to infiltrate the odious man’s inner circle. A deal is struck: bring down the viscount, and Miss Euphemia Flite will finally earn her freedom.

But betting shop owner Gabriel Royce has other plans. The viscount is the perfect pawn to insulate Gabriel’s underworld empire from government interference. He’s not about to let some crinoline-clad miss destroy his carefully constructed enterprise—no matter how captivating he finds her threats.

From the rookeries of St. Giles to the ballrooms of Mayfair, Euphemia and Gabriel engage in a battle of wits and wills that’s complicated by a blossoming desire. Soon Euphemia realizes it’s not the broken promises to her Academy sisters she should fear. . . . It’s the danger to her heart.

  • Published: 24 June 2025
  • ISBN: 9780593639290
  • Imprint: Jove
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $38.00
Categories:

About the author

Mimi Matthews

USA Today bestselling author Mimi Matthews writes both historical nonfiction and award-winning Victorian romances. Her novels have received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus, and Shelf Awareness, and her articles have been featured on the Victorian Web, the Journal of Victorian Culture, and in syndication at BUST Magazine. In her other life, Mimi is an attorney. She resides in California with her family, which includes an Andalusian dressage horse, a miniature poodle, a Sheltie, and two Siamese cats.

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Praise for Rules for Ruin

Praise for Mimi Matthews

“Shiveringly Gothic. . . . For best effect, save this one for a windy night when trees scrape against the windowpanes.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Mimi Matthews never disappoints.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult 

“Mimi Matthews has become one of my favorite authors. She never disappoints.”—New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh

"No one writes Victoriana like Mimi Matthews!"​—New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn

“Thrilling, poignant, and romantic, Rules for Ruin is a delight!"—Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author

"Rules for Ruin is the ultimate cat-and-mouse romance with witty banter, sizzling attraction, and twists of excitement—a perfect first installment to kick off Mimi Matthews’s new Crinoline Academy series."—Madeline Martin, New York Times bestselling author of The Booklover's Library

Praise for Mimi Matthews

“Shiveringly Gothic. . . . For best effect, save this one for a windy night when trees scrape against the windowpanes.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Mimi Matthews never disappoints.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult 

“Mimi Matthews has become one of my favorite authors. She never disappoints.”—New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh

"No one writes Victoriana like Mimi Matthews!"​—New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn

“Thrilling, poignant, and romantic, Rules for Ruin is a delight!"—Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author

"Rules for Ruin is the ultimate cat-and-mouse romance with witty banter, sizzling attraction, and twists of excitement—a perfect first installment to kick off Mimi Matthews’s new Crinoline Academy series."—Madeline Martin, New York Times bestselling author of The Booklover's Library