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A Court This Cruel and Lovely

Kingdom of Lies, Book 1

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A Court This Cruel and Lovely

Written by: Stacia Stark
Narrated by: Tim Paige, Meg Sylvan
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For years, when I fell asleep, I dreamed of a man with blazing green eyes and a cruel smile. The day I meet him, the ruthless mercenary leaves me for dead.

Just hours after humans are born, the gods take what little power we have. In return, they protect our borders from the vicious, merciless fae.

The humans who manage to keep their power are known as the corrupt. And they are burned.

When my forbidden power is discovered, I’m forced to flee my tiny village and the life I adore. To survive, I make a desperate bargain with the mercenary who abandoned me at my weakest moment.

Our deal is simple: I’ll help him and his mysterious friends sneak into the city, and he’ll help me learn to wield the strange, dark power I’ve always kept hidden—the power that may just be the key to my survival.

But the ruthless mercenary is hiding secrets of his own, secrets that threaten the safety of everyone I love, that could tear this kingdom—and perhaps even this world—apart.

Please note: A Court This Cruel and Lovely is an NA/adult romantasy book with steam. While this series is slow burn, the chili-pepper rating will increase for each book.

©2023 Stacia Stark (P)2023 Dreamscape Media Fantasy Romance Fiction Survival
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the story was slow to start but did improve somewhat over time. the voice acting wasn't great and I was disappointed that even though there is a male and female voice actors they weren't used to voice the male/female characters. I find this detracts form the story just having the female make her voice deeper rather that using the male actor.

mediocre

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Really liked this story and it was able to bring me out of a book hangover from an other series! The narrators did a good job and the story moved at a great pace that leaves you listening late into the night! Really looking forward to digging into the second book in the series!

Solid listen for fantasy fans

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good character development. not too predictable. very good steamy scenes. main characters are not boring or repetitive or whiny like some of the girls can be 'oh it's all my fault' ... very excited to see what happens next

great book!

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Narrators were some of the best I’ve heard lately! Gave me fourth wing and acotar vibes for sure!

Great storyline can’t wait to listen to the next one

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I really enjoyed this story. I recommend to anyone who wants an acotar meets bloods of ash story.

Underrated!

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