All Rath wants is a quiet, peaceful life. Unfortunately, his father brings too much trouble for that to be possible. When the local crime lord tells Rath he has three days to pay his father's debt, Rath doesn't know what to do.

Then a friend poses an idea just ridiculous enough to work: enter the Tournament of Losers, where every seventy-five years, peasants compete for the chance to marry into the noble and royal houses. All competitors are given a stipend to live on for the duration of the tournament—funds enough to cover his father's debt.

All he has to do is win the first few rounds, collect his stipend, and then it's back to trying to live a quiet life…

Sex scenes/explicit content, 18+

Royalty/Noble, arranged marriage, drama, sweet, bisexual, light-hearted, loser, male lead, medieval, another world, secrets, poor to rich, m x m

Tournament of Losers is created by Megan Derr, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author.

Tournament of Losers

Tress gave him a look that was half-exasperation, half-amusement. "You're supposed to be the mature one here."


"Older, certainly, thanks for the reminder," Rath replied, mood souring a bit. "Never claimed maturity." He pushed his plate away before he tried to eat more. "So where are we?"


"An inn on the West End called the House of Three Sparrows. I've stayed here a couple of times." A quick, sly grin. "When I'm fairly certain I won't be going home anytime soon."


"Your family must be angry you're out right now, given the tournament has moved into the most important part."


Tress shrugged. "No one needs me until the end, and they're used to me slipping away, usually to find a quiet corner to read, but sometimes to go down into the city. They're hoping that marriage will finally force me to stay where I'm told. If that doesn't work, I'm fairly certain they'll move on to chains. But until the wedding ceremony, there's very little they can do."


Chapter 28: Reconciliation, Part 4