Dirty English by Ilsa Madden-Mills

Dirty English (British Bad Boys, #1)

by Ilsa Madden-Mills

A scarred fighter.
A girl with rules.
One night of unbridled passion.

There are three things you need to know about Elizabeth Bennett: she’s smart as a whip, always in control, and lives by a set of carefully crafted rules. She’s learned the hard way that people you love the most always hurt you in the end. But then she meets Declan Blay, the new neighbor at her apartment complex.

A tattooed British street fighter, he’s the campus bad boy she’s supposed to avoid, but when he saves her from a frat party gone bad, all her rules about sex and love fly out the window. She gives him one night of unbridled passion, but he longs for more.

With only a cardboard-thin wall separating their bedrooms, he dreams of possessing the vulnerable girl next door forever.

One night. Two damaged hearts. The passion of a lifetime.

*A modern love story inspired by Pride and Prejudice*

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5 of 5 stars

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Dirty English is now one of my favorite books. Honestly, there wasn't a single thing I didn't like about it! Elizabeth is more than the typical 'broken girl' and her methods for coping with her pain were more realistic than many other books. Dirty English, aka Declan, is more than just a bad boy fighter. The book isn't about the broken girl falling for the bad boy. It isn't about underground fighting. It isn't about abuse. Its about Elizabeth and Declan finding each other and its beautiful. Their story is deep and tragic. You will get ALL the feels! Abuse, desperation, self doubt, compassion...this book has it in spades. You also get dual POV which is, in my opinion, AWESOME! I hope that Ilsa will continue this series. Dax needs a book and I am not done with Elizabeth and Declan! I want to see how things with their families progress. I want to see how they deal with life after college. I want to see Dax get his HEA. This book is difficult to classify because its so many things. Is it a fighter book? Yes. Is it a book about abuse? Yes. Is it a book about finding yourself and doing what you want to do in life? Yes. Is it a book about love? Yes. Its all of those things but one of those things alone isn't enough to explain this book. Its everything and more.

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