• A Court This Cruel and Lovely

  • Kingdom of Lies, Book 1
  • By: Stacia Stark
  • Narrated by: Tim Paige, Meg Sylvan
  • Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (530 ratings)

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A Court This Cruel and Lovely

By: Stacia Stark
Narrated by: Tim Paige, Meg Sylvan
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For years, when I fell asleep, I dreamed of a man with blazing green eyes and a cruel smile. The day I meet him, the ruthless mercenary leaves me for dead.

Just hours after humans are born, the gods take what little power we have. In return, they protect our borders from the vicious, merciless fae.

The humans who manage to keep their power are known as the corrupt. And they are burned.

When my forbidden power is discovered, I’m forced to flee my tiny village and the life I adore. To survive, I make a desperate bargain with the mercenary who abandoned me at my weakest moment.

Our deal is simple: I’ll help him and his mysterious friends sneak into the city, and he’ll help me learn to wield the strange, dark power I’ve always kept hidden—the power that may just be the key to my survival.

But the ruthless mercenary is hiding secrets of his own, secrets that threaten the safety of everyone I love, that could tear this kingdom—and perhaps even this world—apart.

Please note: A Court This Cruel and Lovely is an NA/adult romantasy book with steam. While this series is slow burn, the chili-pepper rating will increase for each book.

©2023 Stacia Stark (P)2023 Dreamscape Media

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way more than I expected

This was a wonderful surprise. I wasn’t sure what to expect from the description bc I don’t like the immature love stories between 2 people that just met and miraculously they fall in love without the how that happened! but I was happy I took the chance. there is humor, action, good character building and magic unfolding, and an overall fun dislike to love story. The narrator is great!

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great new series

love the beginning of this series and can't wait for more. love the passion and romance

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LOVED!

Everything I’ve been looking for in a book.
Starting book #2 now. Can’t wait to dive in further.

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Good story!

I read this series on kindle and I like it. The males a bit much for me as far as his protective capacities go but it's a good story and the spice is real spicy. I will say I'm not a fan of the male narrator doing the female voices as they switch chapters. I wish it was graphic audio and can't wait for more of my favorites to be remade in graphic audio.

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loved

Good characters, not an overdone plot, couldn’t put it down. I’m a SJM and JLA fan, and this book was right up my alley.

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Love the series

Love this book. And the series. And love the narrator s. I was unable to stop listening. So good

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solid read

good story with some spice! I'm hooked and will get book two. I recommend

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I could not stop listening!

This book was performed so well in my opinion that I could not stop listening to it. The story was creative. I love the FMC, her power, her strength, her conviction. she was very well written. MMC was definitely a bad boy who oozed with sexual tension and annoyed with his arrogance and I ate it up. I can’t wait to see what is in store for these characters in book 2.

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Plot!

Absolutely loved every part of this book. The title is like every other romantasy out there, so I wasn’t too excited - but, it totally blew me away. It’s not ACOTAR or Blood and Ash- it’s better.

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One of the best romantasy books in a while!

It’s been a while since I’ve listened to something this good. It kept my attention going through out. Should get way more exposure!

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