Can the Winter King truly love? Or am I doomed to follow his past queens to the grave?
I’m a shadow huntress in dire need of revenge. When a Fae prince asks me to participate in the Yule pageant and spy on the Winter King, I rise to the occasion.
He tells me I’m a ringer for the dead queen, and that I don’t have to win the pageant or get married in the end.
He forgot to mention I’d lose everything in the meantime—including my heart.
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My kingdom needs a queen, and so I marry.
Every year I marry, and suffer.
Every year, I lose her all over again.
This endless curse is meant to punish me for what I’ve done, with no hope of release. As Winter King, death shall never come for me.
Until the ghost of my first love shows up on my doorstep.
This novel is a full-length romantasy and is part of an interconnected series with a story arc spanning multiple books. Each book features a different romance and a new couple. Since it's closely connected and contains spoilers for Book 1, I highly recommend reading A Deal with the Shadow King first.
A dangerous competition sets the stage for this enemies-to-lovers, fated mates romance. Steamy. 18+. Full list of triggers inside.
Fated Mates
Enemies-to-lovers
Arranged marriage (Reality Show)
Explicit Novel
- Romance
- Romantasy
- Arranged Marriage
- Fae Royal
- Fairytale
- Dark Fantasy
- Fantasy Romance
- Fated Mates
- Dark
- Enemies-to-lovers
The series
Step into a world where the boundaries between the mortal realm and the fae courts are as thin as a whispered promise. Curse of the Fae is a dark and intoxicating series where magic, betrayal, and forbidden love intertwine, each story deeper and more dangerous than the last.
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From the moment you enter the realm of the Shadow King, you’re drawn into a web of intrigue, where power isn’t just a possession—it’s a dangerous, seductive force. In A Deal with the Shadow King, Penelope Darcy is thrust into a world she doesn’t understand, caught between mortal desire and the shadowy power of a king who holds her fate in his hands. Their relationship is one of intense longing and painful secrets, where every choice could either save or shatter them.
The series continues with A Bride for the Winter King, where love is both a curse and a weapon. Here, a huntress finds herself wrapped in the ghosts of past queens, destined to play a dangerous game with a king who can never escape his haunted past. As the Yule pageant grows darker and the stakes higher, it becomes clear that in the fae world, nothing—least of all love—is ever truly as it seems.
In The Prince from a Cruel Summer, the echoes of a love that never truly ended are heard once more, as Elizabeth Snow confronts a past she thought was lost forever. Old wounds reopen, and the fiery passion between her and a prince who once betrayed her threatens to destroy everything they both hold dear. In the fae courts, where curses are eternal and time itself bends to the whims of magic, some flames are too dangerous to extinguish.
What makes Curse of the Fae unforgettable isn’t just the romance—it’s the way the series explores the complexity of fate, identity, and the choices that bind us. Each book is a dance of power, passion, and pain, where no one is safe and love could either break you or bind you forever. With its lush world-building, richly developed characters, and an atmosphere that pulses with danger, Curse of the Fae is a journey into a world that feels both timeless and immediate, where the fae are not just creatures of legend, but living, breathing forces with their own desires and consequences.
If you’re drawn to stories that blur the lines between light and dark, where every choice matters, and love is both the greatest gift and the deadliest curse, then the Curse of the Fae series is waiting to pull you in—one spellbinding chapter at a time.
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