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The Sweetest Fiend (Standard Edition)

by Raven Kennedy

A Pied Piper retelling entwined with fae and dark magic

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A Pied Piper retelling entwined with fae and dark magic

A world-shattering release of power leaves humanity facing Plagues linked to monstrous Banes. The narrator, who is half Bane and half fae, is already an outsider when a deadly Plague reaches her city. The Pied Piper removes it, but takes 130 people as payment—including her. Her urgent wish to return to her family collides with the Piper’s hold over her and an unsettling magical pull between them. Loosely inspired by the Pied Piper legend, this first installment sets its romance within a larger fantasy conflict, with the fate of the world also at stake. The description notes mature themes and explicit scenes.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults seeking fantasy romance involving fae, dark magic, and a reimagined Pied Piper legend.
  • Readers interested in captive-romance and forced-proximity tropes.
  • Readers seeking a first installment in a fantasy-romance duology with mature themes and explicit scenes.

Themes

Outsider identitySurvival amid PlaguesCaptivity and escapeFamily tiesRomance and dark magic

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Book overview

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Plated Prisoner series comes the first book in an alluring and addictive romantasy duology set in a world of fae and dark magic, loosely inspired by the legend of the Pied Piper.

It's time to pay the Piper.

Our world cracked open like an egg. Power burst out, and with it, nine monstrous Banes ready to destroy everything. The powerful Core fae finally slayed them all, but each Bane left a Plague to punish us.

But that's not the only thing they left behind.

I'm half Bane, half fae, and wholly hated. Survival means enduring every vicious glare and cursed outbreak. Until one day, a Plague descends upon my city that means certain death.

Then he comes. The Pied Piper.

He rids my city of the Plague, but it comes at a cost. One hundred and thirty people are taken as payment. Including me.

I don't know what he's going to do to us, but I know I have to get home. My family's lives depend on it. But the Piper won't let me go, and something wicked stirs between us. The sweet scent in my veins beckons him, while the seductive lure of his magic sinks under my skin.

I have to escape before it's too late. Because if I don't, it's not just my heart at risk...

But the entire world.

Note: Pied Piper reimagined. This dark fantasy is full of romance and secrets, with mature themes and explicit scenes only suitable for adults. This is book one of a duology.

Tropes:
- Forced Proximity
- Captive Romance
- "Who hurt you?"
- Only one bed... and horse...and tent!
- So. much. banter!

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