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- Content warnings: Sexual content, Alcohol use, Blood, Gore, Injury detail, Death, Murder, Trauma, Violence, War, Plague
The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy
by Brigitte Knightley
Book 2 in Dearly Beloathed
The slow burn finally cashes in without losing the yearning that made book one hurt so well. Osric is catastrophically in love, and they still have a deliberately engineered plague to solve between illicit healing sessions.
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Length416 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 2 books
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Slow burn
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Tension finally satisfied
- Assassin/spy
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- Enemies to lovers
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Romantic fulfillment
- Morally gray
- Forbidden love
- Tension / anticipation
- Closure
- Dark/tortured soul
- Mutual pining
- Slow burn with late spice
- Intellectual connection
- Tension
- Banter
- Anticipation
- He falls first
- Longing glances
- Playful banter
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Secret society / club
- Alternate history
- Monsters
- Steampunk / gaslamp
- Healing romance
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- Secret relationship
- Forced alliance
- Assassin romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Witty
- Moderate
- Healer
- Romantic
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- Whimsical
- Bookworm/scholar
- Adventurous
- Humorous
- Tense
- Banter-heavy
- Suspenseful
- Dramatic
- Steamy
- Lighthearted
- Yearning
- Forbidden desire
- Battle of wills
- Enemies forced to ally
- Witty banter
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 416 pages
- Publisher
- Ace
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book