The Favorites

My Favorite Bad Decision (The Favorites #1) by Elizabeth O'Roark

Love rarely begins in the places we expect. In The Favorites, relationships ignite in the middle of disasters, grudges, and family secrets, reminding us that the path to desire is often paved with tension and vulnerability.

The first book drops readers onto the slopes of Kilimanjaro, where Kit Fischer is forced to climb alongside Miller West, the man she swore she would never forgive. Forced proximity, thin air, and long nights under the same sky peel back their defenses until hostility gives way to something harder to deny. In the sequel the tone shifts from mountain cliffs to a crumbling Southern mansion, where old journals, peeling wallpaper, and uneasy step-family ties create an atmosphere thick with history and unspoken longing. Here, resentment blurs into attraction, and the question is not whether they will fall, but whether they can survive the wreckage of what came before.

What makes the series resonate is the way setting and emotion intertwine. The mountain is as much an adversary as the man at your side. The mansion, with its echoes and ghosts of past mistakes, becomes a mirror for the characters’ own buried regrets. Each story lingers on the edge of forbidden attraction, the kind of love that is complicated, dangerous, and all the more compelling because of it.

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The Favorites consists of three books and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.


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Fictions and Others

(The Favorites #1 / 4)
2025 | romance
(The Favorites #2 / 4)
2025 | romance
(The Favorites #3 / 4)
2025 | romance
(The Favorites #4 / 4)
2026 | romance | Release date 2026

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