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- Content warnings: Death, Violence, Graphic violence, War, Trauma, PTSD, Domestic violence, Suicide, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Sexism, Manipulation, Betrayal, Infertility, Sexual content
A Promise of Lies
by Clare Sager
Book 3 in Shadows of the Tenebris Court
If you committed to the Tenebris Court trilogy, this delivers the reunion catharsis, court intrigue, and shadow daddy spice you signed up for.
goodreads 4.02/5 9,528 ratings
storykind_community 4.33/5 3 ratings
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Is this story right for you?
A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length558 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Established relationship
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Tension finally satisfied
- Morally gray
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- Morally gray x morally gray
- Tension / anticipation
- The angst delivered
- Fae prince
- Possessive love interest
- Edging/denial
- Closure
- Possessive alpha
- Betrayal to trust
- Possessive / claiming
- Redemption arc
- War general / commander
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Earned hope
- Possessive/protective
- Longing glances
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Wall pinning
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Mine declarations
- Possessive
- Marking
- Claiming
- Praise kink
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Fae romance
- Royal court / palace
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Fae
- Forbidden love
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- War front / rebellion
- High fantasy
- Secret alliance
- Undercover/spy romance
- Forced proximity
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Heavy
- Spy/thief
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- Plus size MC
- Intense
- Punchy
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Tense
- Fast-paced
- Survivor
- Yearning
- Character-driven
- Dramatic
- Seductive
- Epic
- Fae courts and politics
- Court of shadows
- War-torn kingdom
- The long game
- Betrayal and forgiveness
- Bonds forged in war
- Battle of wills
- Political intrigue
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Book details
- Length
- 558 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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