Shades of Ruin and Magic · #3 / 6

House of Shifter and Smoke

Meg Xuemei X

8.0 / 10
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Killian

Soon, I’ll have to marry the most powerful queen and rule two kingdoms.

But all I want is Barbie, the new girl in my house and the only thing I can’t have.

If I take her for my own, she’ll be murdered.

I know I should stay away from her, but I no longer can, even if the kingdoms collapse and the world burns as a consequence.

I might be the villain in the story, but without her, there’s no meaning to my brutal, miserable existence.

So, I start to push her to the breaking point so she can survive the bride trials and rise above it all.

Only I don’t expect it to hurt so much to see my rivals, the other heirs, swoop in to try to make her theirs.

Published
April 28, 2024
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Meg Xuemei X

In Meg Xuemei X’s stories, love is a battlefield—and sometimes, an actual one. Known for her unapologetically bold heroines and magnetic, morally gray antiheroes, Meg doesn’t just write fantasy romance; she drags readers headfirst into dark realms pulsing with danger, magic, and steamy tension. Her worlds are brutal, her characters sharp, and the stakes? Often nothing less than gods, kingdoms, or the heroine’s very soul. Over the years, Meg has earned a fiercely loyal fanbase with series like Half-Blood Academy, Underworld Bride Trials, and Monsters After Dark. Each saga pulls from myth and magic but reimagines them with her own signature…