Book profile
Daggermouth
- Subgenre
- romance
- Edition year
- 2025
- Spice
- Heat not verified
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In the dystopian, ring-divided city of New Found Haven where cross-ring love is a capital offense, presidential heir Greyson Serel is coerced into a political marriage with Shadera Kael, the mercenary assassin whose failed attempt on his life left her bound to her target. Trapped as both prisoner and wife in the regime’s heavily monitored core, the pair—each concealing secrets capable of dismantling the ruling elite—navigate a volatile dynamic that shifts from mutual hostility to a tenuous alliance that could either ignite a revolution or reduce the city to ashes.
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- Arranged Marriage: “when he’s forced into a political marriage meant to bind him tighter to the government’s brutal laws, he finds himself shackled to a bride as lethal as she is unwilling.” source
- Dark Romance: “Their union is no love story—it’s a battlefield.” source
- Dystopian: “The city is carved into rings of privilege and poverty, ruled by the masked elite who will do whatever it takes to hold onto power.” source
- Enemies to Lovers: “survival leaves her tied to the very man she was sent to eliminate.” source
- Forbidden Love: “Love outside of your ring is a death sentence.” source
- Forced Proximity: “Trapped inside the corrupt heart of the city, she becomes both prisoner and wife, her every step watched, her every move tested.” source
- Morally Gray: “Publicly, he’s the flawless heir to the presidency. Privately, he’s entangled in secrets that could topple the regime.” source
- Strong Heroine: “Shadera Kael is a mercenary raised to kill, not to wed.” source
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