Silk & Steel (Silk and Steel #1)
Ariana Nash, Pippa DaCosta
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
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· 65 ratings · 380 pages · Published: 18 Jan 2019
Eroan, one of the last elven assassins, lives for one purpose: kill the queen.
He would have succeeded if not for her last line of defense: Prince Lysander. Now, captured and forced into the queen’s harem, Eroan sees another opportunity. Why kill just the queen when he can kill them all? It would be simple, if not for the troubled and alluring prince. A warrior, a killer, and something else…, something Eroan finds himself inexplicably drawn to.
Trapped in a life he despises, Lysander knows his time is running out.
If the queen doesn’t kill him for his failures, her enemies will. There’s nothing left to live for, until an elf assassin almost kills him. A stubborn, prideful, fool of an elf who doesn’t know when to quit. An elf who sparks a violent, forbidden desire in Lysander.
If Lysander can’t save himself, maybe he can save the elf and maybe, just maybe… one stubborn elf will be enough to bring down the queen before she kills them all.
Duty demands they fight for their people. Love has other plans.
Warning & Reader Advisory:
This series is a DARK FANTASY intended for mature readers.
Silk & Steel features a gay dragon shifter, a bisexual elf, and adult themes. There is triggering content that some readers may find distressing, including implied incest, abuse, violence, dubious consent, and on-page sex. None of these instances are gratuitous. There is heterosexual sex and gay sex. The intense and star-crossed romantic relationship between the two male leads develops over three books.
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Tagged as:
- dark romance 9
- fantasy 9
- shapeshifters 9
- paranormal 8
- magic 8
- gay romance 8
- enemies to lovers 8
- forbidden love 8
- fae 8
- suspense 7
- dystopian 7
- royal hero 7
- angst 7
- bdsm 6
- urban fantasy 5
- new adult 5
- dragon shifter 5
- young adult 4
- war 4
- vengeance 4
- futuristic 3
- slow burn 3
- dual pov 3
- height difference 2
- other man/woman 2
- high fantasy 2
- bisexuality 2
- third person pov 1
- abduction 1
- disabilities & scars 1
- tortured hero 1
- fighter hero 1
- queer romance 1
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- content warnings
- abuse 7
- dubious consent 4
- rape 2
- incest 2
- third party sexual assault 1
- past sexual abuse 1
- third party abuse 1
- past abuse 1
- non-consent between mcs 1
- torture of mcs 1
- abuse between mcs 1
- graphic violence 1
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The 'Silk and Steel' series
4.08 · 232 ratings
fantasy · from hate to love · queer · m-m · magic · urban fantasy · dark · paranormal · fae · dystopian · abuse · tortured hero · high fantasy · angst · disabilities and marks · abuse-non-mc · shapeshifters · past-abuse · past-sexual-abuse · forbidden love
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