The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy: Book 1 of the Dearly Beloathed Duology
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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.
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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Why did I wait so long to read this book? The banter, the slow burn- this was enemies to lovers done to utter perfection. I can’t believe we have to wait until July for book 2, I need it immediately
the slow burn is real and i am on the edge i need book TWO NOW PLS
4.5 but rounding to five because i think this was wonderful fun (also bc dramione bias). definitely think that world building could've been fleshed out more, just to add to the history and dynamics between orders. perhaps this will be explored in the next one. i'm hopeful but as always, Brigitte's writing is witty laugh out loud and deliciously creative.
4.5 but rounding to five because i think this was wonderful fun (also bc dramione bias). definitely think that world building could've been fleshed out more, just to add to the history and dynamics between orders. perhaps this will be explored in the next one. i'm hopeful but as always, Brigitte's writing is witty laugh out loud and deliciously creative.
This book is everything to me. Osric is my ride or die. Love that guy. When my boy falls, he falls hard. I’ve not laughed at a book like this in a while. Their banter is peak comedy. Osric has no damn filter, and is the epitome of peacocking.
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