Tricked by the EnemyA Dark Robin Hood Retelling
They call me a god. A trickster. A monster.
What am I now?
Stripped of power. Broken and bleeding in the dirt of a mortal king's hunting ground. A man who should have died.
She found me.
Marion. Daughter of England's tyrant king. A witch in hiding, fire in her veins, fury in her eyes. She saved me when I should have burned. She hid me beneath her father's nose. And in doing so, she tied her fate to a god she does not know she rescued.
I swore off women. Desire makes fools of men, and I am no man's fool.
But this witch? She makes me furious. Every glance. Every word. Every time she dares defy me, I want to push her against the nearest wall and teach her what a god does to a woman who plays with fire.
She says she hates me. Perhaps she does. But hatred blazes hot, and her flame calls to mine.
So I give her a lie.
A name that was never mine.
Robin Hood.
She thinks I am a thief. A rebel. A man with a cause. She does not know I am the one who will steal her country from her father, her crown from her head, and her heart from her own chest before she even knows it is gone.
Her fire can restore what I have lost. Her body can remind me what I was. And if she dares to love me, despite the trickster, despite the ruin, despite the lie that I am building us on...
Then she will burn with me.
And the gods who took everything from me will learn what happens when you leave Loki alive.
Tropes:
- Loki retelling with a Robin Hood twist
- Fallen god hero in hiding
- Witch heroine with fire magic
- Enemies-to-lovers with a false identity
- He's lying about who he is
- Slow-burn spice with a breaking point
- Revenge arc and forbidden love
One-click if you loved: A Court of Thorns and Roses, Powerless, Serpent and Dove
Dark fantasy romance for adult readers. HEA guaranteed. Contains mature themes. See Look Inside for full content notes. Series best read in order, starting with Married to a Pirate.
Romancing the Seas by Athena Rose:
- Married to a Pirate - Beauty and the Beast meets Captain Hook
- Bound to a Siren - A dark Little Mermaid retelling
- Sworn to a Demigod - A dark Hercules retelling
- Vowed to Hades - A dark Hades and Persephone romantasy
- Tricked by the Enemy - You are here
- Married to a King - An epic series finale
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Romancing the Seas
Romancing the Seas consists of five books and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
