One Dark Window (The Shepherd King #1)
Rachel Gillig
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
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· 525 ratings · 419 pages · Published: 27 Sep 2022
Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom of Blunder—she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets.
But nothing comes for free, especially magic.
When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest to cure Blunder from the dark magic infecting it. And the highwayman? He just so happens to be the King’s nephew, Captain of the most dangerous men in Blunder…and guilty of high treason.
Together they must gather twelve Providence Cards—the keys to the cure. But as the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him.
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- fantasy 47
- magic 40
- mystery 37
- new adult 28
- suspense 25
- gifted/super-heroine 25
- m-f romance 24
- high fantasy 21
- fake relationship 21
- enemies to lovers 20
- competent heroine 20
- warlord/commander hero 19
- paranormal 18
- grumpy/cold hero 17
- dangerous heroine 17
- independent heroine 14
- monsters 13
- tortured heroine 13
- royal hero 13
- forced proximity 12
- tortured hero 11
- slow burn 11
- angst 8
- political/court intrigue 8
- sweet/gentle hero 7
- friends to lovers 6
- hurt/comfort 6
- caretaking 5
- dark romance 4
- horror 3
- historical 2
- height difference 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 12
- abuse 10
- past abuse 9
- third party abuse 6
- graphic violence 6
- torture of mcs 4
- past child neglect 1
- alcoholism 1
- Format
- Audiobook
- first person pov 15
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The 'The Shepherd King' series
4.33 · 915 ratings
forced proximity · slow burn · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · tortured hero · high fantasy · friends to lovers · angst · open-door · graphic-violence · torture-mcs · abuse-non-mc · past-abuse · past-child-neglect · caretaking · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · cold hero · suspense · paranormal
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