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- Content warnings: Kidnapping, Captivity, Dubious consent, Violence, Blood, Death, Manipulation, Sexual content
Spindle of Sin
by Candace Robinson & Amber R. Duell
Book 1 in Once Upon a Wicked Villain
Dragon king villain who steals the bride and proceeds to ruin her in all the right ways. A fairytale retelling that earns the dark romance label and then keeps going.
goodreads 3.57/5 474 ratings
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Length331 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Captor/captive
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Addictive read
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- Villain
- Love/hate tension
- Rough / primal
- The swoon
- Morally gray
- Obsessive love interest
- Possessive / claiming
- Tension finally satisfied
- Possessive alpha
- Possessive love interest
- Dirty talk heavy
- Obsessed
- Dragon shifter
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Dominant vibes
- Monster
- Frequent explicit scenes
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Possessive/protective
- Wall pinning
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Rough but consensual
- Marking hickeys
- Possessive
- Marking
- Claiming
- Dominance
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Dubious consent elements
- Size difference
- Monster romance elements
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Beauty and the beast
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Dragons
- Fairytale retelling
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- Castle / fortress
- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Shifters
- Dragon romance
- Kidnapped by the hero
- Captive romance
- Villain gets the girl
- Forced proximity
- Monster romance
- Shifter romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Moderate
- Royalty
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- MC 20-30
- Intense
- Innocent / sheltered
- Seductive
- Soft/gentle
- Steamy
- Dangerous
- Immersive
- Gothic
- Forbidden desire
- Sleeping Beauty retelling
- Bargain with consequences
- Slow descent into darkness
- Court of shadows
- Addictive pacing
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Book details
- Length
- 331 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book