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The Poison Daughter
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To err is human. To avenge is Divine.
To err is human. To avenge is Divine.To err is human. To avenge is Divine.
Every person Harlow Carrenwell kisses dies immediately, and that’s the way she likes it. The poison-lipped youngest daughter of Lunameade’s magical founding family has used her power to annihilate their opposition.
Her first husband is in the ground. Her new betrothed is next.
But the merry widow has a secret. When she’s not acting as an assassin at her parents' whims, she moonlights as a vigilante for abused women in their walled-off city.
Meet a man. Lure him in. Kill him with a kiss. Until one night Harlow kisses a mark and he doesn’t die.
Worse, her invincible partner in passion is her new betrothed, Henry Havenwood, and now he knows about her double life. Instead of selling her out and bringing the rival families to blows, he does something much more sinister—whisks her away to wed in his wild mountain fort.
Harlow doesn’t trust Henry, but the only way to protect her family and the city of Lunameade is to figure out what his family is planning.
Cursed with a husband she can’t kill and trapped in a fort miles of vampire-infested woods from home, Harlow’s survival requires her to do the impossible: Make the man who knows she’s a killer fall in love with her anyway.
The Poison Daughter is a standalone dark fantasy romance that combines the vigilante justice for abusive men of Promising Young Woman with a romantasy arranged marriage and a dash of vampires.The Poison Daughter is a standalone dark fantasy romance that combines the vigilante justice for abusive men of Promising Young Woman with a romantasy arranged marriage and a dash of vampires.
Every person Harlow Carrenwell kisses dies immediately, and that’s the way she likes it. The poison-lipped youngest daughter of Lunameade’s magical founding family has used her power to annihilate their opposition.
Her first husband is in the ground. Her new betrothed is next.
But the merry widow has a secret. When she’s not acting as an assassin at her parents' whims, she moonlights as a vigilante for abused women in their walled-off city.
Meet a man. Lure him in. Kill him with a kiss. Until one night Harlow kisses a mark and he doesn’t die.
Worse, her invincible partner in passion is her new betrothed, Henry Havenwood, and now he knows about her double life. Instead of selling her out and bringing the rival families to blows, he does something much more sinister—whisks her away to wed in his wild mountain fort.
Harlow doesn’t trust Henry, but the only way to protect her family and the city of Lunameade is to figure out what his family is planning.
Cursed with a husband she can’t kill and trapped in a fort miles of vampire-infested woods from home, Harlow’s survival requires her to do the impossible: Make the man who knows she’s a killer fall in love with her anyway.
The Poison Daughter is a standalone dark fantasy romance that combines the vigilante justice for abusive men of Promising Young Woman with a romantasy arranged marriage and a dash of vampires.The Poison Daughter is a standalone dark fantasy romance that combines the vigilante justice for abusive men of Promising Young Woman with a romantasy arranged marriage and a dash of vampires.
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4.0
“Holy shit! I could not put this down!
This has it all: strong world building, a storyline centred around a fascinating magic system, political intrigue, a tense, steamy romance; and most importantly — a complex, flawed female protagonist who retains her own thoughts, convictions, and backbone throughout.
I often find romances with such an emphasis on explicit moments can devolve into a string of sex scenes loosely held together by the concept of a plot — not here. The romance still isn’t quite a subplot, but rather works alongside the main storyline.
There are also familial relationships that are of equal importance and complexity, which is a nice change from many romantasies.
I went into this expecting something heavily spicy in a surface-level, vaguely magical setting. Instead I got wonderfully written characters; several genuinely heartbreaking surprises; and many moments that brought a tear down my leg. (And not a single wattpad-esque line that made me cringe and want to DNF!) 💜”
“4.5 stars. This book was great and I loved the banter between Harlow and Henry. I definitely didn’t see the plot twists coming and they were gooooodddd. I’m salty that one of my fave characters didn’t make it to the end, but it was definitely necessary for the story line. This book was SPICY, and the voyeurism was a little much for me at times, but to be fair it was in the trigger warnings and I read the book anyway. 😂 The ending did feel a little rushed, and I think that is what held me back from giving it 5 stars. I know it was a standalone, but I would love a second book picking up where the first one ended.”
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