The Dark Lord's Guide to Dating (and Other War Crimes) (Guides to Villainy and Love #1)

Tiffany Hunt

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The Dark Lord's Guide to Dating (and Other War Crimes) by Tiffany Hunt
He needs her heroic bloodline to activate an ancient artifact. She needs to not be kidnapped by villains with boundary issues. Neither of them planned on catching feelings.

When Dark Lord Kazimir Blackrose kidnaps Lady Arabella Evenfall for a forced marriage, he expects an obedient, trembling bride. What he gets is a knife to the throat and a furious woman with her own terms. He may need her heroic bloodline to activate the Heirloom of Dominion, but she's not about to make this easy for him.

Arabella has already survived her father's tower prison and a lifetime of being treated like property. Being abducted by the realm's most notorious villain is just another Tuesday. If she must be married to the infuriating (and infuriatingly attractive) Dark Lord, she'll do it on her freedom within his fortress, hands strictly to himself, and complete honesty about his plans.

But when the Heirloom fails to activate, Kazimir faces his most terrifying challenge yet. He must actually date his own wife if he hopes to achieve ultimate dominion. Between awkward dinners, magical training sessions, and playing golf with the eyeballs of his enemies, his villainous seduction plans are failing spectacularly.

As they navigate magical explosions, jealous exes, and realm-endangering… "resonances", they discover a far more terrifying prospect than war or magical

They might actually be falling for each other.

A villain and his captive bride discover that magical artifacts, ancient conspiracies, and unconventional dating activities make for one hell of a honeymoon in this darkly comedic fantasy romance.

Perfect for readers who

Morally gray antiheroes who stay morally gray

Heroines who embrace their dark side

Slow-burn romance with explosive chemistry and spice
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