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- Content warnings: Violence, Murder, Betrayal, Manipulation, Sexual content
The Queen's Blade
by Evelyn Ward
Book 1 in The Broken Blade
A murder mystery wrapped in a dark paranormal romance where an assassin witch falls for a filthy-mouthed vampire -- and the feminine rage sisterhood will have you screaming.
goodreads 4.24/5 877 ratings
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Length408 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingFast
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
- The angst delivered
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Banter
- Possessive/protective
- Feral brain activated
- Morally gray
- Possessive love interest
- Dirty talk (sweet/playful)
- Tension finally satisfied
- Possessive alpha
- Slow burn
- Tension
- Mysterious stranger
- He falls first
- Wall pinning
- Mine declarations
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Possessive
- Dominance
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Claiming
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Big city / metropolis
- Urban fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Found family
- Vampires
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- Dark romance
- Shifters
- Forbidden love
- Demons
- Touch her and die
- Forced proximity
- Secret heir/royalty
- Villain gets the girl
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Immersive
- Heavy
- Medium
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- Warrior/fighter
- Intense
- Assassin
- Mysterious
- Suspenseful
- Steamy
- Banter-heavy
- General badass
- Cinematic
- Witch/mage
- Forbidden desire
- Page turner
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Different because
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Book details
- Length
- 408 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book