The Dark Lord’s Guide to Dating (and Other War Crimes) by Tiffany Hunt (Paperback)

Step One: Kidnap someone cute. Step Two: Force her into marriage. Step Three: Try not to get feelings. The first book in the riotously funny dark romantasy series Guides to Villainy and Love from Tiffany Hunt, perfect for fans of Assistant to the Villain.

When Dark Lord Kazimir Blackrose kidnaps Lady Arabella and forces her to marry him, he rather expects an obedient, trembling bride. What he gets instead is a knife to the throat and a furious woman with a whole list of demands of her own. He may need her heroic bloodline to achieve ultimate dominion over the realm, but Arabella has absolutely no intention of making it easy for him.

After a lifetime of being treated like property, being abducted by the realm’s most notorious villain is, frankly, just another Tuesday for Arabella. If she must marry the infuriating (and infuriatingly attractive) Dark Lord, she’ll do it entirely on her own terms.

But when his carefully laid plans go awry, Kazimir finds himself facing his most terrifying challenge yet: he must actually date his own wife. And between magical mishaps, disastrous romantic dinners and jealous exes, the pair stumble upon something far scarier than any war or magical catastrophe. They might just be falling for each other.

Perfect for readers who love a morally grey antihero who stays that way, a strong heroine who doesn’t need rescuing, and a forced-marriage romantasy packed with wicked banter, dark humour and sizzling spice.