The Dark Lord's Guide to Dating (and Other War Crimes)

Guides to Villainy and Love, Book 1

De: Tiffany Hunt

Narrado por: Anthony Palmini, Rachel Leblang

In this riotously funny dark romantasy, a conflicted villain and his unstoppable bride form the realm's most chaotic alliance.

"What's mine, stays mine."

Step One: Kidnap someone cute.

Step Two: Force her into marriage.

Step Three: Try not to get feelings.

When Dark Lord Kazimir Blackrose kidnaps Lady Arabella for a forced marriage, he expects an obedient, trembling bride. What he gets is a knife to the throat and a furious woman with her own terms. He may need her heroic bloodline to achieve ultimate dominion, but she's not about to make this easy for him.

Arabella has already survived her father's tower prison and a lifetime of being treated like property. Being abducted by the realm's most notorious villain is just another Tuesday. If she must be married to the infuriating (and infuriatingly attractive) Dark Lord, she'll do it on her terms: freedom within his fortress, hands strictly to himself, and complete honesty about his plans.

But when his plans go awry, Kazimir faces his most terrifying challenge yet. He must actually date his own wife. Between magical training sessions, playing golf with the eyeballs of his enemies, and aphrodisiac dinners gone spectacularly wrong, his villainous seduction plans are failing at every turn.

As they navigate magical explosions and jealous exes, they discover a far more terrifying prospect than war or magical catastrophe:

They might actually be falling for each other.

For fans of Assistant to the Villain, but darker and spicier, this sexy fantasy romance is perfect for those who love: a morally gray antihero (who stays that way); a strong heroine who embraces her dark side (she doesn't need rescuing, thanks); touch her and die; hilarious, wicked banter and sizzling spice; one bed/forced proximity; kidnapped bride/forced marriage; dark humor.

©2026 Tiffany Hunt (P)2026 Podium Audio

A Villain, A Damsel and A Dragon?

This was everything I love in a book. A morally grey MMC, a first FMC, powerful magic, slow burn romance, enemies to lovers, snarky funny commentary, a dragon! This is left on a cliffhanger but it’s not severely frustrating. I highly recommend this audiobook. Kudos to the narration.

Loved this!!!

Thrilling story told with great flair by the actors. Bravo!!! I love Anthony Palmini’s work!

Villain romance but make it chaotic, spicy, and unexpectedly soft 🖤✨

I ATE. THIS. UP.

Kazimir is the definition of morally gray “touch her and die” energy, but watching him go from world domination to trying to plan date night?? Peak entertainment. The contrast between his dark lord persona and his awkward, failing attempts at romance had me giggling the entire time.

And Arabella?? She is NOT the one. Strong, sharp, and fully in control of her situation even when she’s literally kidnapped. I loved that she embraced her darker side instead of being “saved.”

The banter? Elite.
The tension? Constant.
The chaos? Absolutely unmatched.

It’s dark, it’s funny, it’s spicy, and somehow still soft underneath all the villainy. The chemistry between them genuinely crackles and turns into something deeper without losing that edge.

Really fun take on Romantasy!

I’d read this book a while ago, so was very happy to see it made into an audiobook with a favorite narrator. Anthony Palmini is always great to listen to. This story is a fun tongue-in-cheek Romantasy that hits in a more lighthearted way than others in the genre. It has familiar tropes and some usual elements, but also some really unexpected things. The Dark Lord’s palace sounds amazing LOL! The MMC is a mustache twirling villain who enjoys being bad and the FMC doesn’t try to make him into a good guy. It was refreshing. My only criticism is that there were some mispronounced words, such as “viscount” and a few others that were missed in editing.

Love. This

This was a total blind purchase but I'm SO HAPPY I DID. Amazing story and narration. CANT. WAIT. FOR THE NEXT BOOK 📕