The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy by Brigette Knightley book only (Illumicrate 'Yours Hatefully' Exclusive)

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. . .

A slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romantasy featuring a scholarly healer and a gentleman assassin, set in an exquisite fantasy world, perfect for fans of The Love Hypothesis and Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries.

Osric Mordaunt, member of the Fyren Order of assassins, is in dire need of healing. Naturally - such is the grim comedy of fate - the only healer who can help is Aurienne Fairhrim, preeminent scientist, bastion of moral good, and member of an enemy Order.

Aurienne is desperate for funding to heal the sick - so desperate that, when Osric bribes her to help him, she accepts, even if she detests him and everything he stands for.

A forced collaboration ensues: the brilliant Woman in STEM is coerced into working with the PhD in Murders, much to Aurienne's disgust. As Osric and Aurienne work together to heal his illness and investigate the mysterious reoccurrence of a deadly pox, they find themselves ardently denying their attraction, which only fuels the heat between them.

Our Illumicrate Exclusive edition is a Royal hardback and features:

• An exclusive redesigned cover on an acetate jacket (art by @frostbite.studios; design by @chattynora)
• Full colour art on the hardback (art by @ frostbite.studios; design by @ chattynora)
• Digitally printed edges (by @ chattynora)
• Illustrated endpapers (by @flyora.art); different front and back
• Bound-in author letter
• Bonus content
• Digitally signed by the author
• bi4bi M/F romance (main); POC main character; POC side characters; queernormative world; women in STEM
• Adult romantasy; first in a duology

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