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- Content warnings: Violence, Betrayal, Manipulation, Death, Trauma, Captivity, Blood
A Heart of Desire and Deceit
by Elayna R. Gallea
Book 2 in The Choosing Chronicles
goodreads 3.8/5 10,777 ratings
storykind_community 3.5/5 2 ratings
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Length426 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 4 books
Spice2/5 · Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Love/hate tension
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- Medium
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Tension finally satisfied
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- Fae prince
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Possessive / claiming
- The angst delivered
- Possessive alpha
- Possessive love interest
- Tension / anticipation
- Earned hope
- Protector
- Protective love interest
- Longing glances
- Redemption arc
- Morally gray
- Push and pull
- Neck kisses / neck touching
- Romantic fulfillment
- Betrayal to trust
- Marking / biting
- Only soft for them
- Possessive/protective
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Tension
- Marking hickeys
- Possessive
- Marking
- Claiming
- Bonding/claiming/marking
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Vampire romance
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Vampires
- Fae romance
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- Ship / at sea
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Fae
- Forbidden love
- Interspecies romance
- Marriage of convenience
- Second chance
- Touch her and die
- Who hurt you
- Political intrigue
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Dark
- Dramatic
- Moderate
- Intense
- Emotional
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- Vengeful / revenge-driven
- Yearning
- Atmospheric
- Deceptively deadly
- Angsty
- Character-driven
- Spy/thief
- Seductive
- Betrayal and forgiveness
- Fae courts and politics
- The long game
- Morally complex
- Bargain with consequences
- Page turner
- Addictive pacing
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Book details
- Length
- 426 pages
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book