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- Content warnings: Death of a parent, Violence, Betrayal, Trauma, Death, Manipulation, Sexual content
A Game of Love and Betrayal
by Elayna R. Gallea
Book 1 in The Choosing Chronicles
She wants to murder him on their wedding night and the wedding is racing toward you. The slow unraveling of revenge into want is the whole game.
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Length410 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 4 books
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Addictive read
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- Fae prince
- Love/hate tension
- Tension / anticipation
- Tension finally satisfied
- Possessive alpha
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Possessive / claiming
- The swoon
- Protector
- Predator x prey
- Dominant vibes
- Obsessed
- Push and pull
- Wall pinning
- Possessive/protective
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Longing glances
- Possessive
- Claiming
- Dominance
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Vampires
- Vampire romance
- Competition / games
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- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Fae
- Fae romance
- Competition romance
- Forbidden love
- Interspecies romance
- Revenge romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Dark
- Edgy
- Moderate
- Morally gray
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- MC 20-30
- Intense
- Atmospheric
- Vengeful / revenge-driven
- Seductive
- Immersive
- Deceptively deadly
- Dramatic
- Yearning
- Angsty
- Revenge arc
- Tournament arc
- Betrayal and forgiveness
- Fae courts and politics
- Morally complex
- Cliffhanger warning
- Page turner
- Addictive pacing
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Book details
- Length
- 410 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book