Villain Origin Story: From the acclaimed author of Ice Planet Barbarians, comes a dark fun fantasy novel about choosing evil!

· Tor Bramble · Narrated by John Hartley and Rose Dioro
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When you have run out of options, choose Evil . . .

Life has never been easy for a poor, uneducated village girl. But when things in Joslen's life go from bad to progressively worse, it fills her with intense frustration. How does she fight back against an arranged marriage and a lifetime of misery if no one will even listen to her? What's a nice girl supposed to do?

When she has a brush with the handsome but dangerous Grim Lord, the conqueror of her land, she realizes something important. Maybe it's time to stop being nice. And the perfect person to show her how to be bad? The Grim Lord himself, Vilos Saumien.

But Vilos has a few rules of his own. If he's going to take Joslen as his apprentice, she needs to agree to obey his commands, to learn quickly, and to let him seduce her.

Joslen isn't about to trade away her newfound independence, though. If Vilos wants to play games, she'll play games. She just intends to win. Is their kingdom big enough for two villains?

Tropes: Antihero Romance; Fae Courts/Royalty; Magic; Disguise; Revenge; Morally Grey; Shadow Daddy; Forced Proximity; Scars; Knife to Throat; Disability Rep; Jilted Bride

When you have run out of options, choose Evil . . . Life has never been easy for a poor, uneducated village girl. But when things in Joslen's life go from bad to progressively worse, it fills her with intense frustration. How does she fight back against an arranged marriage and a lifetime of mi...

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Ruby Dixon is an author of all things science fiction and fantasy romance. She is a Sagittarius and a Reylo shipper, and loves farming sims (but not actual housework). She lives in the South with her husband and a couple of goofy cats, and can’t think of anything else to put in her biography. Truly, she is boring.
Ruby Dixon is an author of all things science fiction and fantasy romance. She is a Sagittarius and a Reylo shipper, and loves farming sims (but not actual housework). She lives in the South with her husband and a couple of goofy cats, and can’t think of anything else to put in her biography. Tru...

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