The Dark Lord's Guide to Dating (and Other War Crimes) (Guides to Villainy and Love #1)
Tiffany Hunt
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· 71 ratings · 581 pages · Published: 24 May 2025
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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Tagged as:
- m-f romance 15
- funny 14
- fantasy 14
- enemies to lovers 14
- forced proximity 14
- abduction 13
- arranged/forced marriage 12
- competent heroine 11
- warlord/commander hero 11
- magic 11
- gifted/super-heroine 11
- possessive hero 11
- take-charge heroine 10
- grumpy/cold hero 10
- sassy heroine 10
- aristo/royal heroine 9
- bad boys 9
- high fantasy 9
- childfree 8
- slow burn 7
- political/court intrigue 7
- royal hero 6
- war 6
- Add topics
- content warnings
- past abuse 9
- past child abuse 7
- mental trauma 7
- death / grief 6
- graphic violence 6
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 13
- first person pov 10
- male pov 5
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The 'Guides to Villainy and Love' series
4.20 · 71 ratings
humor · fantasy · cold hero · forced proximity · male-pov · war · bad boys · possessive hero · aristocratic heroine · first-person-pov · magic · past-abuse · death · childfree-couple · length-long · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · explicit-open-door · arranged marriage · open-door
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