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The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy

Book 1 of the Dearly Beloathed Duology
By Brigitte Knightley
Series: Dearly Beloathed
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This deluxe, first-edition trade paperback of The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy will feature beautifully stencilled edges and captivating interior endpaper art! Loyalties are tested in this slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romantasy following an assassin and a healer forced to work together to cure a... Read More
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This deluxe, first-edition trade paperback of The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy will feature beautifully stencilled edges and captivating interior endpaper art!

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 realises 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 immunisation programme, 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.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780593819463

Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 June 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Ace Books

Illustration: MAP

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 204.0mm

Weight: 380g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

Brigitte Knightley’s modus operandi is to write what she wants to read: enemies-to-lovers romances that put the unresolved back in “unresolved sexual tension.” Her work is enjoyed by fans of slow burns, tongue-in-cheek rom-coms, and suffering. The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy is her debut novel.

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