[Consortium of Chaos 05] • The Mad Scientist's Guide to Dating

Three Consortium of Chaos novellas based on classic love stories! Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, and Emma are reimagined with super villains, laser weapons, and Santa Claus’s crazy kids.

Mary Meryton is good at being a bad guy to the bad guys. She doesn’t fit in with the rest of her social-climbing family and has no interest in joining a team with any of their criminal friends. Attending dull villains’ mixers with them is bad enough, but having to deal with Ian Claus’ arrogance is just the last straw. Handsome, mysterious, terrible at conversations, Ian show up in town and immediately starts tongues wagging. Is he a hero? A villain? Why does he keep showing up at parties, if he’s just going to stand around and silently judge everyone? Most importantly: Why does Mary even care? The more she gets to know Ian and his psychotic, holiday-themed siblings, the more Mary thinks there’s more to this guy than she first expected.

Jane Gateshead is a sidekick in need of a job. But, after leaving The Horizon Academy, a school for training the next generation of heroes, she’s been blackballed by the cape community. Her only option is to take work with a villain and Professor Damascus Thornfield is hiring. Charter member of the Institute of Mad Science, he grudgingly agrees to train Jane in villainy. Working in Damascus’ creepy lab on his creepy island isn’t nearly as creepy as Jane feared, though. In fact, weather machines, practicing her flying skills, and her sexy evildoer of a boss are making her happier than she’s ever been before. Unfortunately, something from the past is threatening Jane’s new life. If they’re going to have a future together, she and Damascus are going to have to face it together… and maybe battle an ooze monster.

For years, Mia Hartfield has been stuck in a not-so-friendly rivalry with Deacon DeWitt. Deacon is the crown prince of crime: successful, popular, and waaaay too handsome. Meanwhile, Mia’s only claim-to-fame is her ability to pair other criminals up with their perfect match. …Even if they don’t always appreciate her matchmaking. Now, Mia is determined to find a partner-in-crime for herself. She needs to find a new evil team to join and the annual super villain mixer is the perfect place to meet someone new. Except, it might just be that Deacon is the guy she’d been searching for, all along