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Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth, #1)

by Kristen Ciccarelli

🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate·spoiler·The Crimson Moth #1

Why Read This?

A fast-paced romantasy that nails the enemies-to-lovers tension between a secret witch vigilante and the witch hunter she is supposed to be manipulating. The fake dating setup crackles with danger because the stakes are life-or-death, not just emotional.

Synopsis

On the night Rune’s life changed forever, blood ran in the streets. Now, in the aftermath of a devastating revolution, witches have been diminished from powerful rulers to outcasts ruthlessly hunted due to their waning magic, and Rune must hide what she is. Spending her days pretending to be nothing more than a vapid young socialite, Rune spends her nights as the Crimson Moth, a witch vigilante who rescues her kind from being purged. When a rescue goes wrong, she decides to throw the witch hunters off her scent and gain the intel she desperately needs by courting the handsome Gideon Sharpe – a notorious and unforgiving witch hunter loyal to the revolution – who she can't help but find herself falling for. Gideon loathes the decadence and superficiality Rune represents, but when he learns the Crimson Moth has been using Rune’s merchant ships to smuggle renegade witches out of the republic, he inserts himself into her social circles by pretending to court her right back. He soon realizes that beneath her beauty and shallow façade, is someone fiercely intelligent and tender who feels like his perfect match. Except, what if she’s the very villain he’s been hunting? Kristen Ciccarelli’s The Crimson Moth is the thrilling start to a romantic fantasy duology where the only thing more treacherous than being a witch… is falling in love.

At a Glance

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

Top Tropes

forbidden loveenemies to loversfake dating

Mood

tensesecretiveromanticdarksuspenseful

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

4.17 ★

Page Count

406 pages

Published

2024

Primary Genre

Romantasy

Pairing

M/F

POV

Dual POV

Romance Pacing

Medium Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Solo Narration

Narrator

Grace Gray

Narrator Count

Single

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
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Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Spice Details 🌶️

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sexual assault (backstory)suicideself harmgraphic violencesubstance abuseabuse (past)genocidealcoholism

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