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- Content warnings: Domestic violence, Child abuse (referenced), Torture, Gore, Blood, Grief, Death, Murder, Violence, Suicidal ideation, Attempted sexual assault, Ableism, Manipulation, Betrayal, Sexual content
The Poison Daughter
by Sheila Masterson
A poison-kissed assassin meets the one man who survives her. Arranged-marriage trope with knives in the dark and possessive vampire-adjacent heat.
goodreads 4.43/5 57,919 ratings
storykind_community 4.23/5 13 ratings
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Length668 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice5/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
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)
- Slow burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Addictive read
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- Morally gray
- Forbidden love
- Possessive / claiming
- Tension finally satisfied
- Possessive alpha
- Morally gray x morally gray
- Primal / feral style
- The swoon
- Mysterious stranger
- Love/hate tension
- Dirty talk heavy
- Obsessed
- Protective love interest
- Tension / anticipation
- The angst delivered
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Marking hickeys
- Praise kink
- Wall pinning
- Possessive/protective
- Primal play (hunting/chasing)
- Exhibitionism
- Voyeurism
- Marking
- Possessive
- Claiming
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Arranged marriage
- Castle / fortress
- High fantasy
- Vampires
- Forced proximity
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- Royal court / palace
- Gothic
- Humans only
- Forest / wilderness
- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Marriage of convenience
- Vampire romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Heavy
- Assassin
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- MC 30-40
- Intense
- Seductive
- Deceptively deadly
- Poisoner
- Yearning
- Immersive
- Vengeful / revenge-driven
- Dangerous
- Bargain with consequences
- Battle of wills
- Forbidden desire
- Morally complex
- Haunted castle
- War-torn kingdom
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Book details
- Length
- 668 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book