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Barbi and The Villain

by Veronica Lancet

🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate·spoiler·Barbi & the Villain #1
Available on Kindle Unlimited

Why Read This?

You'll experience delicious angst and become obsessed with the forced bond between an innocent heroine and a morally gray villain.

Synopsis

She’s an awkward bookworm. He’s a fictional character in her favorite book. When Barbara “Barbi” Bancroft mysteriously receives an unreleased manuscript from her favorite book series, she can’t curb her excitement. But when she gets sucked into the story—literally—she finds herself in the fantastical realm of Akkaya. Immediately, she thinks this is the adventure of a lifetime and she will finally meet her Prince Charming, and maybe have her first kiss. But things don’t go her way, and soon she is running for her life. Her only hope to survive and get home is the heroic Sir Damien, her fictional crush. Unfortunately, he is anything but heroic and he decides to sacrifice her for an evil ritual that will allow him to invade her world—and conquer it. Channeling her main character energy, Barbi tries to run away and outsmart Sir Damien. And that is how she ends up thrown in a dungeon, waiting for her death. With the villain of the story. Forming an unlikely alliance with the most hated character wasn’t in Barbi’s bingo card, but she will do anything to save herself and her world. Things become further complicated when she accidentally gets mated to said villain, and now she’s trapped forever. Or is she? Barbi and The Villain is the first book in an epic fantasy romance trilogy featuring a bubbly and innocent heroine and a villainous love interest you’ll hate to love.

At a Glance

3.67 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingmedium burn

Top Tropes

captive romanceforced proximitysurvival romance

Mood

darkintensesuspensefulromanticunhinged

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

3.67 ★

Page Count

514 pages

Published

2024

Primary Genre

Romantasy

Pairing

M/F

POV

First Person

Romance Pacing

Medium Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Standard

Narrator

Adrienne Fleming

Narrator Count

Single

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
Theme Constellation

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Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Characters

FMC: bookworm/scholar sign in to unlock

Spice Details 🌶️

intense / passionate sign in to unlock

death threatskidnappingviolencecaptivitydark romance themesdubious consentimprisonmentwar

World & Setting

portal fantasy sign in to unlock

Reading Context

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