Wooing the Witch Queen (Queens of Villainy, 1)

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In a Gaslamp-lit world where hags and ogres lurk in thick pine forests, three magical queens form an uneasy alliance to protect their lands from invasion…and love turns their world upside down.

Queen Saskia is the wicked sorceress everyone fears. After successfully wrestling the throne from her evil uncle, she only wants one thing: to keep her people safe from the empire next door. For that, she needs to spend more time in her laboratory experimenting with her spells. She definitely doesn’t have time to bring order to her chaotic library of magic.

When a mysterious dark wizard arrives at her castle, Saskia hires him as her new librarian on the spot. “Fabian” is sweet and a little nerdy, and his requests seem a little strange – what in the name of Divine Elva is a fountain pen? – but he’s getting the job done. And if he writes her flirtatious poetry and his innocent touch makes her skin singe, well…

Little does Saskia know that the "wizard" she’s falling for is actually an Imperial archduke in disguise, with no magical training whatsoever. On the run, with perilous secrets on his trail and a fast growing yearning for the wicked sorceress, he's in danger from her enemies and her newfound allies, too. When his identity is finally revealed, will their love save or doom each other?

“Stephanie Burgis is a fresh new voice and I can’t wait to see what she does next.” —Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling author

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Published Feb 18, 2025

304 pages

Average rating: 7

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Victizzle420
Jun 27, 2025
8/10 stars
This book really had all the qualities to be a 5 star until the rushed ending. I loved the slow burn between the fmc and mmc. I loved the friendship they gained and the trust they earned toward each other. And then I dont know know what happened. It’s like the author had a deadline to meet and just forced all the end components at once. And don’t get me wrong, the loose ends were tied up and made sense to the story but I wish the author had taken a little more time to flesh out a longer better ending.

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