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- Content warnings: Kidnapping, Captivity, Coercive control, Violence, Toxic relationships
A Prince So Cruel
by Ingrid Seymour
Book 1 in Healer of Kingdoms
Start here if you want fae court danger without waiting three books for the romance to wake up. The series gets steamier, but book one already knows exactly what kind of trouble it is selling.
goodreads 3.82/5 6,551 ratings
storykind_community 3/5 2 ratings
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Length294 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice3/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Captor/captive
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Passionate / intense
- Book hangover incoming
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- Fae prince
- Enemies to lovers
- Tension / anticipation
- The angst delivered
- Cursed
- Power imbalance
- Slow seduction
- Obsessed
- Morally gray
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Dark/tortured soul
- Push and pull
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Fae romance
- Forest / wilderness
- High fantasy
- Fae
- Fairytale retelling
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- Royal court / palace
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Shifters
- Captive romance
- Road trip
- Portal fantasy
- Monsters
- Mountain / highlands
- Forced proximity
- Beauty and the beast
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Romantic
- Fast-paced
- Moderate
- Healer
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- Dangerous
- Dramatic
- Survivor
- Angsty
- Seductive
- Reluctant hero
- Adventurous
- Emotional
- Magical
- Beauty and the Beast retelling
- Enemies forced to ally
- Survival against impossible odds
- Cliffhanger warning
- Fae courts and politics
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Book details
- Length
- 294 pages
- Publisher
- Ingrid Seymour
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book