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A slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romance featuring a scholarly healer and a gentleman assassin, set in an exquisite fantasy world. Osric Mordaunt, member of the Fyren Order of assassins, finds himself in dire need of an expert healer. As fate would have it, that very healer is Aurienne Fairhrim, a member of his enemy Order, the Haelen. Aurienne is desperate for funding to heal the sick, so desperate that when Osric breaks into her office to offer her a bribe for her healing services, she must accept. Even if she loathes him. A forced collaboration ensues: the brilliant Woman in STEM is coerced into working with the PhD in Murders - much to Aurienne's disgust. Despite being enemies thrown together, as Osric and Aurienne work together to solve not only his illness, but the mysterious reoccurrence of a deadly Pox, they find themselves ardently denying their attraction which seems to only fuel the heat between them.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, contemporary and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Brigitte Knightley
- First published
- 2025
- Pages
- 399
- Publisher
- Orbit, Orbit Books, Ace
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780593819456
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