{"product_id":"the-exquisite-torment-of-loving-your-enemy-isbn-9780593819487","title":"The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe stakes are high, the love is forbidden, and the slow burn turns steamy in this swoony, witty, and heart-stoppingly romantic sequel to instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis stunning hardcover features a cover with foil, beautifully designed endpapers, and a black-and-white interior map!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOsric is a member of the Fyren Order, a guild of assassins who gleefully murder for money. Aurienne is a Haelan, a scholar-healer whose Order’s motto is \u003ci\u003eHarm to none\u003c\/i\u003e. Clear-cut absolutes separate them: good and bad, right and wrong, light and dark . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil they don’t.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Osric first bribed Aurienne to heal him, he never imagined those lines would begin to blur. But every healing session draws them closer together. He finds himself developing unwanted feelings for Aurienne as her capable hands heal his body—and his heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAurienne’s perfect life has been flung into chaos in the form of a devastatingly handsome assassin. She should be in her research lab, not illicitly healing a Fyren every full moon—nor wrestling an attraction to him that threatens to slip into something else.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThings go superbly sideways when Osric and Aurienne discover more about the deadly Pox deliberately unleashed through the Tīendoms. The plague may be the work of another Order—an Order far nastier than either of them can handle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the lines between Osric and Aurienne continue to blur, the balance between peace and war, and love and hate, trembles, shifts, and hinges on a heartbeat.\"Brigitte Knightley does it again! The undeniable thirst for antagonistic banter is at long last quenched, divinely. A clever, wry delight, as swoon-worthy and charming as it is funny and irreverent. Sign me up for everything Brigitte Knightley writes.\"—Olivie Blake, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlas Six\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brigitte Knightley returns with her epic conclusion to the Aurienne and Osric love story. I have an irresistible urge to reread this again, immediately. Full of beautiful prose, hilarious banter, swoonworthy romance, intriguing mysteries, epic battles, and original magic, Knightley is in a league of her own! For those craving an enemies-to-lovers fix, you will find it all here. This is an explosive duology that makes me believe in magic and all things impossible!\"—Danica Nava, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLove is a War Song\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Knightley has done it again, crafted an agonizing romance coupled with a torturous plot that kept me reading far too late into the night. For readers who truly want to be laughing out loud and then sobbing into the pages, this is the book for you. A beautiful piece of writing from an impossibly talented writer.\"—Hazel McBride, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Fate Forged in Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Combining laugh-out-loud humour and impossibly beautiful prose is a difficult feat to achieve, but Knightley pulls it off perfectly in this incredible follow up to \u003ci\u003eThe Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e... A cracker of a plot, coupled with the most deliciously slow of slow burns, builds to a crescendo that is at once cathartic, healing, and heart-warming in the most satisfying of ways.”—Keshe Chow, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStrange Familiars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"An exquisite conclusion to a brilliant duology—the banter is knife sharp, the romance is a sexy, continuous boil of tension, and the world-building is incredibly immersive.\"—Elissa Sussman, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFunny You Should Ask\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“This book gave me that heart-squeezing feeling I always crave from a good romance! Brigitte Knightley's writing is as charming as ever, I could sink into her prose for days. A very satisfying conclusion to this wonderful duology; I hope this is just the first of many romantic adventures I'm whisked off to by Knightley's pitch-perfectly whimsical pen.”—Yulin Kuang, author of Reese’s Book Club pick,\u003ci\u003e How to End a Love Story\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrigitte Knightley’s \u003c\/b\u003emodus operandi is to write what she wants to read: enemies-to-lovers romances that put the \u003ci\u003eunresolved \u003c\/i\u003eback in \"unresolved sexual tension.\" Her work is enjoyed by fans of slow burns, tongue-in-cheek rom-coms, and suffering. \u003ci\u003eThe Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel.","brand":"Ace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233661726949,"sku":"NP9780593819487","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593819487.jpg?v=1767739253","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-exquisite-torment-of-loving-your-enemy-isbn-9780593819487","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}