The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy: Book 1 of the Dearly Beloathed Duology

Loyalties are tested in this slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romantasy following an assassin and a healer forced to work together to cure a fatal disease, all while resisting the urge to kill each other--or, worse, fall in love.

When Osric Mordaunt, member of the Fyren Order of assassins, falls ill, he realizes he needs the expertise of a very specific healer. As fate would have it, that healer belongs to an enemy faction, the Haelan Order.

Aurienne Fairhrim and her fellow Haelan are inundated by sick children suffering from an outbreak of a long-forgotten Pox. Unable to get the funding needed to launch an immunization program, the Haelan Order is desperate for money - so desperate that when Osric breaks into their headquarters to bribe Aurienne to heal him, she is forced to accept.

As Osric and Aurienne work together to solve not only his illness but the mysterious reoccurrence of the Pox, they find themselves ardently denying their attraction which only fuels the tension between them.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: 07/08/2025
ISBN: 9780593819456
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.97d

Review Citations: Library Journal 03/01/2025 pg. 7
Publishers Weekly 04/28/2025