Taken by the Lord of the Nocturne Court (Dark Companions #1)
K.A. Merikan
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
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· 25 ratings · 401 pages · Published: 19 Jun 2024
Luke
I’m your typical small-town loser stuck in a dead-end job. Single, because dating is for well-adjusted human beings, not traumatized gay boys with trust issues. All I want is to leave my past behind and finally start living.
My wish comes true in the most bizarre way imaginable. One evening, a beautiful man with pointy ears and flowing dark locks appears out of nowhere. He proclaims I am to be his ‘Dark Companion’ based on some stupid deal I made in a dream. Oh, and apparently he’s an elven prince, the Lord of Shadows, Protector of the Nightmare Realm and Knight of Grief Ocean.
Which is a weird way to ask me out, but okay.
It’s a hard no from me, but this absolute psycho abducts me to his palace in a moonlit realm populated by vicious beasts and backstabbing courtiers.
If I am to ever get back home, I need to adapt, because our full moon wedding is approaching fast. I can’t allow myself to buy into his seductive kisses, poet shirts made of spider silk and bouquets of sapphire roses. They hide poison and deception. A gilded cage is still a prison.
But…
What if I just never realized that what I need is a man with a cruel smile and a sword dipped in midnight? A man with secrets, and scars, and smoky eyes, and a past filled with darkness, and… have I mentioned he has a big d—
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“Taken by the Lord of the Nocturne Court” is a standalone, scorching hot, dark gothic M/M romantasy filled with snark and dark humor, but also violence, peril, jealousy, and angst.
The book is a darkly romantic escape into the shadows where love and destiny collide. Dive into the pages to discover if a gilded cage can become a home when shared with a seductive elven prince devoted to his Dark Companion’s every wish.
POSSIBLE SPOILERS:
Themes: abduction, enemies to lovers, size difference, fake relationship, dark humor, snark, jealousy, hurt/comfort, afraid to commit, obsessive hero, forced marriage, isekai, fantasy elven prince, gothic castle, childhood trauma, shadow magic, monsters and fantastical creatures, fish-out-of-water, secrets, portal fantasy
WARNING: This story contains scenes of violence, abduction, offensive language and morally gray characters unafraid to burn the world down for their beloved.
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Tagged as:
- paranormal 4
- magic 4
- fantasy 4
- dark romance 3
- gay romance 3
- fae 3
- abduction 3
- contemporary 3
- queer romance 2
- non-human hero 2
- arranged/forced marriage 1
- male pov 1
- dual pov 1
- first person pov 1
- cruel hero/bully 1
- grumpy/cold hero 1
- royal hero 1
- class difference 1
- multicultural 1
- caretaking 1
- enemies to lovers 1
- fake relationship 1
- hurt/comfort 1
- anal sex 1
- breeding 1
- consensual non-consent 1
- creative anatomy 1
- high fantasy 1
- suspense 1
- monsters 1
- medieval 1
- horror 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- past child neglect 1
- suicide / ideation 1
- death / grief 1
- self harm 1
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The 'Dark Companions' series
4.01 · 35 ratings
dark · queer · fantasy · m-m · paranormal · anal sex · dual-pov · breeding · horror · magic · death · cold hero · caretaking · cruel hero · medieval · first-person-pov · from hate to love · angst · arranged marriage · past-child-neglect
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