March Cawfee Tawk - Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli

On the heels of the February release of the second book of the Crimson Moth duology, we'll be chatting Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli in March. For those that aren't fans of a long series or like to wait for a series to be fully published before diving in, Heartless Hunter may be up your ally. Book 2, Rebel Witch, will be released on 2/18/25, so no long anticipatory waiting required.

I'm a sucker for a female wolf in sheep's clothing. Enemies to Lovers to Enemies? "Oh what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive."

Description
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.

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