Part of Dearly Beloathed
First published 2025
Osric Mordaunt belongs to the Fyren Order of assassins. He suffers from an illness that requires specialized treatment. Only one healer possesses the skills to cure him: Aurienne Fairhrim, a distinguished scientist from a rival Order. Aurienne desperately requires funding for her research into healing the afflicted. When Osric offers payment for her services, she reluctantly agrees despite her hatred for him and his profession. The partnership forces the morally upright researcher to collaborate with a trained killer. Together they must address his medical condition while investigating a resurgent plague threatening the population. Their professional alliance becomes complicated as both struggle against growing romantic feelings. Aurienne finds herself drawn to the very man whose life's work contradicts everything she believes in. The more time they spend together, the harder they fight their mutual attraction, creating tension that threatens to consume them both.
Genres: drama, romance, adventure, fantasy, dark-fantasy, fantasy-romance
Vibes: dark-and-brooding, emotionally-complex, morally-ambiguous, slow-burn, tension-filled
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, moral-conflict, slow-burn-romance
Setting: Fyren Order
416 pages · Hardcover · Orbit Books
Content warnings: death, violence
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