Prince and Assassin (Perilous Courts #1)
Tavia Lark
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
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· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 70 ratings · 283 pages · Published: 01 Jun 2022
Whisper doesn’t remember his real name. All he knows is the elite assassin guild that raised him—and controls him with the threat of blood magic. Plagued by nightmares, he doesn’t get to refuse assignments, even when his new job doesn’t make sense:
Infiltrate Prince Julien’s court, protect him until the signal arrives, then kill him.
Julien hides his own schemes behind a sordid reputation. He trusts nobody besides his brothers, and he certainly doesn’t trust the aloof, beautiful new stranger at court. But he doesn’t have to trust the stranger to be drawn to him, especially when he saves Julien’s life.
Then Julien saves Whisper too, and Whisper’s reserve shatters.
Beneath Julien’s playboy facade is a warmth Whisper can’t resist. Whisper’s never been comforted before. He’s never been cared for like this. As his nightmares darken, Julien’s touch is his only solace—but falling in love could ruin them both.
Because Whisper’s mission hasn’t changed, and the price for failure is worse than death.
Prince and Assassin is a high fantasy gay romance, with secret identities, hurt/comfort, and magic tigers with attitude. The Perilous Courts series is best read in order, but each book follows a different prince and his Happily Ever After.
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- fantasy 17
- gay romance 17
- magic 16
- royal hero 16
- forced proximity 14
- mystery 12
- dual pov 12
- enemies to lovers 11
- queer romance 11
- betrayal 11
- angst 10
- political/court intrigue 10
- hurt/comfort 9
- sunny/happy hero 9
- height difference 8
- slavery 8
- class difference 8
- possessive hero 7
- third person pov 7
- forbidden love 7
- historical 6
- anal sex 6
- found family 6
- shy hero 5
- childfree 5
- high fantasy 5
- alpha male 3
- insta-love 3
- funny 2
- caretaking 2
- abduction 1
- short king 1
- tortured hero 1
- rich hero 1
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- abuse 8
- past child abuse 5
- third party abuse 3
- past abuse 3
- human trafficking 2
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The 'Perilous Courts' series
4.14 · 265 ratings
fantasy · magic · third-person-pov · forced proximity · hurt-comfort · high fantasy · explicit-open-door · queer · dual-pov · anal sex · political-intrigue · m-m · height-difference · royalty · length-medium · alpha male · historical · shy-hero · past-child-abuse · class difference
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