Accomplice to the Villain (Assistant and the Villain, 3)

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Nominated for Goodreads Choice Award of 2025, nominated for Likewise Choice Award of 2025.

Once Upon a Time meets The Office in Hannah Nicole Maehrer’s laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an Evil Villain…and their unexpected romance.

REWARD OFFERED: Apprentice to The Villain wanted for treason (light), magical property damage (alleged), and one incident involving a weaponized scone (accurate). Frequently seen with a grumpy frog (crowned, judgmental). Answers to “Evie” or “Stop that.”

Evie Sage didn’t mean to become the right-hand woman to the kingdom’s most terrifying villain. One minute, she was applying for an entry-level position that promised “light paperwork and occasional beheadings,” and the next, she was knee-deep in magical mayhem, murder plots, and an entirely inappropriate crush on her brooding, sharp-jawed, walking disaster of a boss.

Now, with a magical prophecy unraveling, assassins showing up in the break room, and a suspicious amount of frogs wearing crowns, Evie has to figure out how to survive her job without setting the kingdom on fire—or her dignity, which is hanging by a very sarcastic thread.

Being evil-adjacent was never part of the five-year plan. But then again…neither was falling for The Villain.

A magical office comedy with grumpy bosses, snarky frogs, and definitely-not-feelings.

The Assistant and the Villain series is best enjoyed in order.
Reading Order:
Book #1 Assistant to the Villain
Book #2 Apprentice to the Villain
Book #3 Accomplice to the Villain
Book #4 Adversary to the Villain

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Published Aug 5, 2025

368 pages

Average rating: 8.03

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Marley

Nov 16, 2025

8/10 stars

What do you MEAN i have to wait for the next book

Sarah Habeeb

Nov 05, 2025

8/10 stars

Super cute and I can’t wait to read the next book in the series.

Dhruti

Oct 30, 2025

10/10 stars

4.75 stars rounded up

Sadie Lopez

Oct 13, 2025

8/10 stars

Plot twist after plot twist, excited to see what book four has in store.

Jen Curtis

Oct 02, 2025

8/10 stars

I am less amazed by this third novel, yet still anticipating the 4th. It feels like the author is trying to pair off everyone & that feels like a bit much, despite this being a romance novel. Then again, romance is not my usual genre. It came up because of magic and characters mostly in their 20s, plus a bit of mystery. Although this third installment is more predictable than others. I got it because I had 2 free audiobooks available & the title of the first intrigues me. I kept going because I love Evie as a character. Then again big reveal feels stupid to me. I mean, who cares who is destined to be the hero & what the prophesy says or fate demands? The past behavior doesn’t mesh with it, and Tristan & his mother made choices based on the idea that he is a villain. If I believed in destiny & fate a bit more, maybe it would feel different . . . More important. . . I’m glad I read it, but only so I could keep up with the story line.