• Book cover for The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley written in white texts on a dark and light purple background. Cover features a man dressed in black with a hood on and with swords and dagger standing with his back to a woman dressed in a hooded white gown. They are both reaching for each others's hand and lightly touching. The border of the cover art is in shades of white, gray and gold featuring a swan, potion bottle, scrolls, a ring and flowers.
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The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy (Dearly Beloathed), by Brigitte Knightley

The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy (Dearly Beloathed), by Brigitte Knightley

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enemies to lovers • forbidden romance • assassin & healer • forced proximity • slow burn

Osric and Aurienne were never supposed to fall in love. He is a member of the Fyren Order, a guild of assassins who kill for money. She belongs to the Haelan Order, a society of scholar-healers sworn to do no harm. But when Osric begins secretly seeking Aurienne's healing, their encounters gradually blur the lines between enemy and ally, duty and desire, love and hate.

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The Vibe

Aurienne is a brilliant scholar-healer whose carefully ordered life is thrown into chaos by the handsome assassin who keeps appearing at her door. Her commitment to her Order's principles clashes spectacularly with the attraction she can't seem to reason away, especially as healing Osric draws them deeper into a relationship that must remain hidden.

Osric is a deadly Fyren assassin who is far more vulnerable with Aurienne than he'd ever admit. What begins as a practical arrangement slowly becomes something neither of them can ignore, with every clandestine healing session bringing them closer and making the boundaries between their Orders increasingly difficult to maintain.

With sharp banter, simmering chemistry, forbidden romance, and a richly imagined fantasy world, The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy turns an enemies-to-lovers romance into a story of healing, loyalty, and dangerous desire. As a deadly Pox threatens the Tiendoms and the possibility of war grows, Osric and Aurienne must navigate forces determined to keep them apart while deciding what they are willing to risk for each other.

Tropes & Tags

  • Enemies to lovers
  • Forbidden romance
  • Assassin & healer
  • Slow burn
  • Forced proximity
  • Secret relationship
  • Opposites attract
  • Fantasy romance
  • Gaslamp fantasy
  • Scholar heroine
  • Assassin hero
  • Banter
  • Unresolved sexual tension
  • Political intrigue
  • High-stakes romance
  • Explicit romance
  • Series finale

Books in Series (In Order)

  1. The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy (Dearly Beloathed, #1)
  2. The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy (Dearly Beloathed, #2)

Hardcover Edition: Features a foil cover, beautifully designed endpapers, and a black-and-white interior map.

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