The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy - Dearly Beloathed Duology

Loyalties are tested in this enemies-to-lovers romantasy set in an alternate England following an assassin and a healer forced to work together to cure a fatal disease, all while resisting the urge to kill each other--or worse, fall in love. When Osric Mordaunt, member of the Fyren Order of assassins, falls ill, he realises he needs the expertise of a very specific healer. As fate would have it, that healer belongs to an enemy faction, the Haelan Order. Aurienne Fairhrim and her fellow Haelan are inundated by sick children suffering from an outbreak of a long-forgotten Pox. Unable to get the funding needed to launch an immunisation programme, the Haelan Order is desperate for money – so desperate that, when Osric breaks into their headquarters to bribe Aurienne to heal him, she is forced to accept. As Osric and Aurienne work together to solve not only his illness but the mysterious reoccurrence of the Pox, they find themselves ardently denying an attraction which only fuels the tension between them.

About the author

Brigitte Knightley’s modus operandi is to write what she wants to read: enemies-to-lovers romances that put the unresolved back in “unresolved sexual tension.” Her work is enjoyed by fans of slow burns, tongue-in-cheek rom-coms, and suffering. The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy is her debut novel.

Product details

• Authors: Brigitte Knightley
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2025
• EAN: 9780593819456
• ISBN: 978-0-593-81945-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Dearly Beloathed
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fantasy Romance, FICTION / Alternative History, FICTION / Fantasy / Gaslamp, Historical fantasy, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Alternative history fiction, FICTION / Fantasy / Romance, Fantasy romance / Romantic fantasy