Born for Silk (The Cradled Common #1)
Nicci Harris
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· 125 ratings · Published: 07 Sep 2024
Pleasure.
Provide.
A thousand years of climate change, genetic testing, and war destroyed civilisation as it was.
From the remains came the age of The Trade and The Crown. In return for resources, security, and a meaningful purpose, citizens accepted a life of service to the new world.
The land became The Cradle, and humankind was henceforth known as the Cradled Common.
Young Aster is no different. If selected, she'll be the King's Silk Girl. A common human bred to adore and pleasure him, and to provide The Cradle with healthy babies for the Trade.
That is her meaningful purpose.
But the King is more monster than man. The heir of the genetically enhanced breed, he was designed to survive and rule this new world.
King Rome has a heart as black as his giant pet eagle's wings, and a singular obsession—to reign.
That stands until one day Aster puts her tiny human hand in his...
But "love is not a virtue in The Cradle", because nothing could be more dangerous to the regime than having its merciless King fall in love with a common girl Born For Silk.
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Tagged as:
- virgin heroine 21
- breeding 19
- m-f romance 19
- age gap 18
- alpha male 18
- possessive hero 18
- dystopian 18
- height difference 18
- pregnancy 18
- royal hero 17
- sweet/gentle heroine 17
- grumpy/cold hero 15
- class difference 15
- grumpy & sunshine 15
- rich hero 14
- non-human hero 14
- forbidden love 14
- tortured hero 13
- shy heroine 13
- science fiction 13
- spanking 13
- found family 11
- political/court intrigue 11
- angst 11
- anal sex 11
- warlord/commander hero 11
- fantasy 10
- cheerful/happy heroine 10
- dark romance 9
- creative anatomy 8
- futuristic 8
- competent heroine 8
- disabilities & scars 7
- praise kink 7
- forced proximity 6
- cruel hero/bully 4
- war 4
- caretaking 3
- exhibitionism 3
- working class heroine 3
- insta-love 2
- new adult 2
- suspense 2
- multicultural 2
- teenage fmc 1
- in his 30s 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- graphic violence 13
- death / grief 12
- third party sexual assault 10
- past child abuse 10
- dubious consent 8
- animal death 8
- misogyny 4
- human trafficking 3
- past child neglect 3
- mental trauma 2
- torture of side characters 2
- forced pregnancy 1
- past abuse 1
- child death 1
- Format
- audiobook
- dual pov 11
- first person pov 9
- male pov 4
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The 'The Cradled Common' series
4.04 · 185 ratings
dystopian · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · dual-pov · praise-kink · virgin heroine · first-person-pov · caretaking · mental-trauma · dark · science fiction · forbidden love · height-difference · audiobook · m-f · alpha male · fantasy · age difference · male-pov · futuristic
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