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The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy: Book 1 of the Dearly Beloathed Duology
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Loyalties are tested in this slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romantasy following an assassin and a healer forced to work together to cure a fatal disease, all while resisting the urge to kill each other--or, worse, fall in love.
This stunning hardcover features a cover with foil, beautifully designed endpapers, and a black-and-white interior map!
When Osric Mordaunt, member of the Fyren Order of assassins, falls ill, he realizes he needs the expertise of a very specific healer. As fate would have it, that healer belongs to an enemy faction, the Haelan Order.
Aurienne Fairhrim and her fellow Haelan are inundated by sick children suffering from an outbreak of a long-forgotten Pox. Unable to get the funding needed to launch an immunization program, the Haelan Order is desperate for money - so desperate that when Osric breaks into their headquarters to bribe Aurienne to heal him, she is forced to accept.
As Osric and Aurienne work together to solve not only his illness but the mysterious reoccurrence of the Pox, they find themselves ardently denying their attraction which only fuels the tension between them.
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Book Details
ISBN:
9780593819456
EAN:
9780593819456
Binding:
Hardcover
Pages:
384
Authors:
Brigitte Knightley
Publisher:
Ace Books
Published Date: 2025-08-07
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I love her style of writing and the characters are great. This is a REALLY slow burn which is my only complaint. I look forward to the next book!
Well written light read. Had a lot of promise to be a great enemy-to-lovers but never really felt the hostility or why they couldn’t be together. Too much tell, not enough show.
10/10. Witty banter and sloooow burn. Truly an enemies to lovers! I laughed throughout it! On of my only 5 star reads this year!
I truly enjoyed this book in a way that I fear will set the bar for many future books to come; I didn’t know that a slow burn could feel so good!!Her writing is funny enough to make me actually laugh, but not at the expense of a delicious plot which happens to have romantic elements. I really enjoyed the romance being an inevitable unfolding in the midst of the circumstances which took center stage.
Infinite stars. What beautiful, clever writing; much unlike most other fare in the market. I don’t like romantsy and I don’t like slow burn, and yet I devoured this book. The dialog, the chemistry, the scenes - all A plus! I cannot wait for the next book, to indulge in more of Osric and Aurriene!
