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- Content warnings: Violence, Blood, Death, Execution, Imprisonment, Captivity
Decoy
by Camille Peters
Book 2 in The Royal Chronicles
Condemned prisoner becomes royal decoy, falls for the heir to an assassin house with shadow magic. Clean fantasy romance that still hits hard on tension.
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Length400 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
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
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- The swoon
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- Morally gray
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Tension / anticipation
- Addictive read
- Secretly soft
- Push and pull
- Playful banter
- Romantic fulfillment
- Assassin/spy
- Captor/captive
- Longing glances
- Tension finally satisfied
- Hidden royalty
- Slow burn with late spice
- Anti-hero
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Eye contact intensity
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Humans only
- Hidden identity
- Castle / fortress
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- Forced proximity
- Secret heir/royalty
- Assassin romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Adventurous
- Engaging
- Moderate
- Snarky/sarcastic
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- Romantic
- Whimsical
- General badass
- Yearning
- Earnest
- Survivor
- Atmospheric
- Warm
- Reluctant hero
- Playful
- Swoony
- Court of shadows
- Political intrigue
- Enemies forced to ally
- Blood oath
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 400 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book