Step One: Kidnap someone cute.

Step Two: Force her into marriage.

Step Three: Try not to get feelings.

When Dark Lord Kazimir Blackrose kidnaps Lady Arabella for a forced marriage, he expects an obedient, trembling bride. What he gets is a knife to the throat and a furious woman with her own terms. He may need her heroic bloodline to achieve ultimate dominion, but shes not about to make this easy for him.

Arabella has already survived her fathers tower prison and a lifetime of being treated like property. Being abducted by the realms most notorious villain is just another Tuesday. If she must...

Step One: Kidnap someone cute.

Step Two: Force her into marriage.

Step Three: Try not to get feelings.

When Dark Lord Kazimir Blackrose kidnaps Lady Arabella for a forced marriage, he expects an obedient, trembling bride. What he gets is a knife to the throat and a furious woman with her own terms. He may need her heroic bloodline to achieve ultimate dominion, but shes not about to make this easy for him.

Arabella has already survived her fathers tower prison and a lifetime of being treated like property. Being abducted by the realms most notorious villain is just another Tuesday. If she must be married to the infuriating (and infuriatingly attractive) Dark Lord, shell do it on her terms: freedom within his fortress, hands strictly to himself, and complete honesty about his plans.

But when his plans go awry, Kazimir faces his most terrifying challenge yet. He must actually date his own wife. Between awkward dinners, magical training sessions, and playing golf with the eyeballs of his enemies, his villainous seduction plans are failing spectacularly.

As they navigate magical explosions and jealous exes, they discover a far more terrifying prospect than war or magical catastrophe:

They might actually be falling for each other.

A villain and his captive bride discover that magical artifacts, ancient conspiracies, and unconventional dating activities make for one hell of a honeymoon in this dark and sexy fantasy romance.