Once Upon a Demon’s Heart: Indie Edition by K.M. Moronova (Paperback)

A dark enemies-to-lovers romantasy from K.M. Moronova, and the first book in the Cruel Fates Duet. This is no fairytale — it’s the yearning and guilt of two burdened hearts, destined to leave readers breathless.

Alira, a devoted demigod knight, is trapped in the throes of a brutal curse: a time loop in which the demon kingdom’s Blood Knight kills her, over and over again. She’s haunted by the attack she once led on the innocent village of Thornhall, her guilt consuming her from the inside out. After the twentieth loop, she’s finally had enough. Something has to change, or she’ll die at the Blood Knight’s hand for the rest of time. The choice she settles on is one she only hopes she won’t regret — to end the war between demigods and demons by marrying the very knight who has slain her so many times.

A daughter of Venus and a duke of demons, their love is both cursed and destined — a marriage to steady two fragile kingdoms. Kalel is as cruel as they come, a devourer who survives on the gilded blood of demigods, and he wants to hate Alira as much as he did when Thornhall fell. Instead he finds himself at war with his own heart. Together they begin to unravel the truths of Faultore, and to suspect the gods may be pulling far more strings than they should. It isn’t a question of what their love can conquer — but of what they’re prepared to demolish in its path.

This is a dark romantasy for mature readers; please check any content warnings before reading.

Perfect for readers who love dark enemies-to-lovers romantasy, a time-loop curse, a marriage-of-convenience between sworn enemies and a cruel, conflicted demon hero.