One Dark Window (The Shepherd King #1)
Rachel Gillig
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
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· 751 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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Tagged as:
- fantasy 60
- magic 52
- mystery 46
- gifted/super-heroine 34
- m-f romance 34
- new adult 33
- suspense 32
- fake relationship 30
- warlord/commander hero 27
- high fantasy 26
- competent heroine 24
- enemies to lovers 23
- dangerous heroine 23
- paranormal 22
- monsters 21
- tortured heroine 21
- grumpy/cold hero 19
- royal hero 18
- independent heroine 18
- tortured hero 17
- forced proximity 16
- slow burn 14
- political/court intrigue 14
- sweet/gentle hero 12
- angst 12
- friends to lovers 8
- hurt/comfort 7
- caretaking 6
- dark romance 4
- historical 2
- found family 2
- insta-love 2
- early 20s fmc 2
- late 20s mmc 2
- young adult 1
- height difference 1
- horror 1
- men in uniform 1
- survival 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 19
- abuse 14
- past abuse 14
- graphic violence 11
- third party abuse 9
- torture of mcs 7
- past child neglect 4
- child death 1
- terminal illness 1
- Format
- audiobook
- first person pov 22
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The 'The Shepherd King' series
4.31 · 1301 ratings
high fantasy · angst · friends to lovers · tortured hero · survival · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · child-death · slow burn · cold hero · caretaking · past-abuse · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · open-door · graphic-violence · torture-mcs · abuse-non-mc · past-child-neglect · abuse
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