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- Content warnings: Violence, Injury detail, Grief, Abuse, Child abuse (referenced), Trauma, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Slut shaming
Cursed Ever After
by Lacey Carter Andersen
Book 1 in The Royal Gold Keepers
The hook is the double mystery: two missing fathers, one sealed-off town, and a wilderness that keeps making the family feud look smaller than the secret underneath.
goodreads 3.88/5 1,110 ratings
storykind_community 4/5 1 rating
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Length310 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice2/5 · Slow burn with late spice
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Slow burn with late spice
- Book hangover incoming
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- Possessive alpha
- Rivals to lovers
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Adrenaline rush
- Grumpy protector
- Love/hate tension
- Possessive/protective
- Secretly soft
- Forbidden love
- Tension
- Protector
- Grumpy sunshine
- Anticipation
- Protective love interest
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Longing glances
- Touch her and die
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Small town / village
- Portal fantasy
- Fae
- Forced proximity
- Forest / wilderness
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- Dystopian
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Stuck together
- Adventure romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Mysterious
- Immersive
- Moderate
- Survivor
- Adventurous
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- Atmospheric
- Deceptively deadly
- Tense
- Character-driven
- Reluctant hero
- Romantic
- Suspenseful
- Magical
- Yearning
- Enchanted forest
- Enemies forced to ally
- Forbidden desire
- Cliffhanger warning
- Series binge material
- Bargain with consequences
- No one is safe
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Different because
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Book details
- Length
- 310 pages
- Publisher
- Phoenix Press LLC
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book