A Knife and a Blade (Riehse Eshan #1)
Adelaide Blaike
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
4.17
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 23 ratings · 340 pages · Published: 01 Aug 2022

Alone in a foreign country and held hostage by a man by whose hand he has repeatedly seen himself die, Mat faces danger on all sides. Not least of which is Ren himself, for the cruel prince would seemingly like nothing more than to ruin him in more ways than one.
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A Knife and a Blade is the first book in the Riehse Eshan series, a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers dark fantasy M/M romance.
Tagged as:
- gay romance 8
- fantasy 8
- enemies to lovers 6
- bisexuality 5
- forbidden love 5
- dark romance 5
- historical 5
- war 4
- possessive hero 4
- cruel hero/bully 4
- royal hero 4
- abduction 4
- forced proximity 4
- political/court intrigue 4
- magic 3
- bdsm 3
- bondage 3
- multicultural 3
- suspense 3
- slow burn 3
- queer romance 3
- grumpy/cold hero 2
- funny 2
- queer awakening 2
- menage 2
- high fantasy 1
- anal sex 1
- tortured hero 1
- new adult 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- abuse 5
- queerphobia 5
- abuse between mcs 4
- misogyny 3
- dubious consent 2
- torture of mcs 2
- religious trauma 2
- torture of side characters 2
- third party abuse 2
- past child abuse 2
- Format
- dual pov 4
- first person pov 4
romance tags
The 'Riehse Eshan' series
79 ratings 4.34 ·
queer · m-m · explicit-open-door · fantasy · magic · bdsm · lgbtqia hate · royalty · from hate to love · bisexual · historical · angst · dual-pov · multicultural · possessive hero · first-person-pov · bondage · dark · forbidden love · torture-scs
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