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The Dark King (Deviant Kings Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Gina L. Maxwell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 1 of 3: Deviant Kings

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I thought a weekend away would be the perfect escape. Until I woke up married and trapped...by the king of the Dark Fae.

“Neon Gods meets Fifty Shades… Deliciously dark and sexy!” —#1 NYT bestselling author Helen Hardt

For Bryn Meara, a free trip to the exclusive and ultra-luxe Nightfall hotel and casino in Vegas should’ve been the perfect way to escape the debris of her crumbling career. But waking up from a martini-and-lust-fueled night to find herself married to Caiden Verran, the reclusive billionaire who owns the hotel and most of the city, isn’t the jackpot one would think. It seems her dark and sexy new husband is actual royalty—the fae king of the Night Court—and there’s an entire world beneath the veil of Vegas.

Whether light or shadow, the fae are a far cry from fairy tales, and now they’ve made Bryn a pawn in their dark games for power. And Caiden is the most dangerous of all—an intoxicating cocktail of sin and raw, insatiable hunger. She should run. But every night of passion pulls Bryn deeper into his strange and sinister world, until she’s no longer certain she wants to leave…even if she could.

Each book in the Deviant Kings series is STANDALONE:
* The Dark King
* The Rebel King

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"Red-hot" -PW, starred review

"A simmering supernatural love story with sharp dialogue." - Kirkus Reviews

"The chemistry truly jumps on the page in Maxwell's newest." -Frolic Media

"OMG I had never read a book like this, so spicy, dark but at the same time fun, add fantasy to that and it's epic. I devoured it!" -When Vane Reads

"If you enjoy fantasy, paranormal, and HOT Fairy Kings, and even if you don't this book did not disappoint and would be a great way to start!" -CMs Bookshelf

"This book was amazing!! The romance was sizzling right off the page! This Fae Romance was dark and dirty and all the things I like!" -A Midsummer's Night Reads

"I was so excited for this book! And let me tell you Gina did not disappoint!" -Reader and Wanderer

"I loved it! The book had me completely hooked! Banter+Forced Proximity... Yup, I'm in!" -Read with Nikki

"The Dark King is an erotic, entertaining romance that does a good job at building a world that is intriguing and readers will want to know more about." -Rom Rev Today

"This book was such a fun and spicy read that I didn't want to put down!" -Ink and Magic Reads

"OMG this book blew me away! I absolutely devoured it. It's got an amazing plot and the characters are fantastic. Even the side characters had something a little extra." -Booked By Emily

"My jaw is still on the floor okay?" -Romantasy Reads

"Caiden is 100% a new book boyfriend of mine!" -Livia's Library

"Oh damn, I loved every last second of this book. Not only was the spice perfect but the storyline was perfection." - Jenn's Riverside Reads

About the Author

Gina L. Maxwell is a New York Times, USA Today, and #1 International bestselling author living in the upper Midwest, despite her scathing hatred of snow and cold weather. As a lifelong romance novel addict, she began writing as another way of enjoying her love of Happily Ever Afters.

Her debut novel in 2012, Seducing Cinderella, hit the bestseller lists within a month of its release and continues to be a fan favorite a full decade later.

When she's not reading, writing, or spending way too much on planners and office supplies, Gina enjoys hanging out with her son and daughter who've left the nest, snuggling her many fur-babies, and dreaming of her someday-move to someplace tropical.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09SDYK95B
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Entangled: Amara (September 27, 2022)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 27, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3111 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 326 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #28,417 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #77 in Humorous Erotica (Books)
- #134 in Paranormal Erotica (Kindle Store)
- #195 in Romantic Erotica (Kindle Store)

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Gina L. Maxwell is a New York Times, USA Today, and #1 International bestselling author living in the upper Midwest, despite her scathing hatred of snow and cold weather. As a lifelong romance novel addict, she began writing as another way of enjoying the Happily Ever After stories she's always loved.

Her debut novel in 2012, SEDUCING CINDERELLA, hit the bestseller lists within the first month of its release and continues to be a favorite with readers a full decade later.

When she’s not reading, writing, or spending way too much money on planners and office supplies, she enjoys hanging out with her son and daughter who’ve left the nest, snuggling with her fur babies, and dreaming of her someday-move to someplace tropical.

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Brian Maxwell

Great Book

Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2024

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Strangely hard to find a synopsis … but I enjoyed the mix of Fae story line with the bdsm undertone. Reminded me a lot of Managing Mischief book.

Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2024

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This novel was well written, with a fun premise, likable characters, and sexy sessions. If only every drunken debauch in Vegas wound up this way!

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2023

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I liked the first half of the story. I’m not into BDSM but it wasn’t overwhelming in this story. I liked that the FMC wasn’t weak even though she was sometimes clueless. I liked the MMC and supporting characters too. The story was going well til about page 320 or so. Everything felt rushed at that point. It felt like from that point on there was an author switch. The tone became juvenile, the banter became snarky, the author was dumping a lot of information really quickly and repeating plot points that didn’t need to be repeat while not elaborating on things that were important (For example Erin telling Cadien the truth about Bryn. The author breezed through that). Then the romance portion skipped a beat. They went from tolerating each other to in love too quick.

All in all, the story wasn’t bad, I wish the ending would’ve been better. The time that was spent on the first half should’ve been given to the second half of the story too.

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Tracytex

Covers are amazing!

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2024

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The book came in perfect condition. The disclaimer said there were marks on the cover and it was bent, but there were no marks (except for a target sticker which is easy to remove), and it wasn’t bent. Will buy from seller again.

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Brianna Dobbins

kinda cheesy but good

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2023

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I’m not a fan of super modernized writing. The first quarter of this book gave me a slick “ick” vibe but I stayed strong and continued on. The character development was incredible and I felt emotionally attached to the story by the end. A few moments in the book definitely had me audibly gasping and my jaw dropping to the floor. Although this wouldn’t be first on my recommendation list, it’s definitely there.

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N. Royalton, OH Mom

This book is HOT and fun!

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2023

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Bryn Meara just lost the job that she loved. At least she got an all-expense paid trip to Las Vegas to stay at Nightfall, the hottest hotel on the strip. While checking in Bryn notices Caiden Verran, the billionaire owner of the hotel and their eyes lock. For some reason Caiden is very drawn to her. The two end up spending time together and the next morning find themselves married! OK....a quick annulment and it will be over. When Caiden heads to New York for a business meeting he gets suddenly sick. That's when they realize that the sickness is because of the distance he is from Bryn. He must stay within a certain distance of her at all times. Caiden's men go and get Bryn and bring her to his mansion. Bryn does not understand why she is being held prisoner and is not happy. Once Bryn finally gets an understanding of what is going on, they realize that someone is trying to kill Caiden. Now the two of them will work together to try and figure out who that person is. Of course the more time Bryn and Caiden spend together, the more real feelings start to appear. Even the marriage with benefits arrangement is getting hotter as Caiden introduces Bryn to many new things. As Caiden is realizing what is going on, Bryn's life seems to be in danger. Deep down these two love each other so much that they want to protect the other even if it means losing their own life. As certain other realizations come to light, life as they both know it will suddenly change. Now these two need to hold on because they will be in for the ride of their lives.

I just freaking loved this very steamy fantasy romance. It had so many fun twists and turns I could not put this book down. I loved Caiden. This man is just so sensual and bossy. I also really enjoyed Bryn. She may have started out as a fragile thing but in the end she showed her true strength. I also love the sneak peak into Tiernan's story! I can't wait!

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Jesse

Make sure you have a fan when reading this one 🪭🪭🪭

Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2023

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4.5⭐️

A curse, a feud, a night of being black out drunk (mixed with a little magic) King Caiden marries a human, Bryn. Caiden had always had a target on his back because of the the feud but now the target has doubled, because if Bryn dies so does he. If Bryn is even more than 100 yards away from him he dies.

Easy peasy, right? Stay close to each other… The mate bond shouldn’t affect humans. But it does, at least where Bryn is concerned. And who would want to be near the person they think is out to kill you? But Fate, lies and a bond that won’t break keep them together

Add in pink cheeks and not the ones on your face, dark desires and a willingness to submit, the heat is palpable.

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Katya

Thank you Instagram!!!

Reviewed in Canada on April 12, 2023

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My Instagram ads were actually useful for once!!! This was one of the books that I found thanks to Instagram and I couldn’t be happier!!! I can’t wait for the other to finish the series!!!

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"All is fair in marriage and war..."

Reviewed in Germany on June 5, 2023

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"All is fair in marriage and war..."
Especially when you wake up the next day with a hangover and find that you are married to a Dark Fae, subjecting him to the influence of a marriage curse and mutual attraction posing a major problem in resolving this marriage disaster.

I loved the setting, the characters and Caiden's and Bryn's Sub/Dom sessions where both could let their attraction run free. But the uncertainty of their true feelings for each other, Caiden's sense of duty and the constant threat to Bryn were also well portrayed.

Bryn's all-or-nothing attitude was refreshing. Well dosed, briefly thought through and absolutely worth striving for. You just have to like Bryn.
But even Caiden's reserved, dominant nature was very disarming at times. Bryn visibly shook his inner defenses and pushed his emotions into uncharted territory. The nice thing about it? - His possessive nature always remained constant. That was very sexy.

Lydia

Funny and a dark romance

Reviewed in the Netherlands on April 10, 2023

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This book was amazing!!!

The dark fae king mated with a human. Oh this was a journey!!! And I love the plot. The way this world got build and history was created everything interested me!! And the way these two people fell in love with each other 🥹 I love that in the beginning because you get to read both pov’s that Caiden the dark king is being called rapunzel because he locks himself away in a tower 🤣 and his responses to it is so funny!

Nothing was boring I loved the spicy scenes, the just vibing scenes, solving the mystery of how they came in each others life and how to get her out of it even tho they both don’t want that, just everything was interesting I DEVOURED this book I couldn’t stop reading till the very last page! And I am kinda curious of how this goes further for Tiernan.

Overall I recommend this book! Spicy and it definitely is neon gods meeting fifty shades of grey.

Missilovetoread

Dark King

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 27, 2022

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Well excuse me! This book was just so deliciously tempting and downright fantastic in its delivery. Its everything I could hope for and more in a book.
I adored our female lead, strong sassy and ballsy and our male lead was dark, handsome and edgie.
Thank you Ms. Gina for a wild ride of magic......lots of magic *wink wink* and pure great storytelling

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Spicy

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Reviewed in Australia on January 26, 2023

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“𝑰’𝒅 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒚.”

🌶️🌶️🌶️ Hot

🔥 Romantasy
🔥 Enemies to lovers
🔥 Forced Proximity
🔥 Touch Her You Die

If Neon Gods and ACOTAR had a baby, the baby would be The Dark King. Full of lust, mystery, high stakes, a possessive MMC and a FMC who refuses to stand for BS, this book is exciting and incredibly hot. Did I read this in one sitting? Yes, The Dark King draws you in and refuses to let you go until you’ve finished the book. The tension between the MCs was top tier, and the scenes that followed… have some ice on hand.

I loved Gina L. Maxwell’s take on the fae world and how the fantasy realm works into the human world, this is a fun standalone read. My only complaint is that this isn’t a series. I’d love to continue to follow the MCs in this book, I need MORE. (There is another book, but that’s an interconnected standalone with different MCs).

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