We are taking a detour in the Twilight Mages series with the Traitor's Curse featuring a Dawn Mage instead. Now if you've read the previous books in the series, you know the affliction a Twilight Mage is cursed with. With Dawn mages, it's the opposite position so to speak so you can still expect lots of steamy goodness with this paranormal romance!
From the blurb:
Betrayed, beset on all sides, and possibly bewitched…
Since the sudden, suspicious, and unlamented death of his father, only one man stands between Lucian and the grudging acceptance of his subjects: Benedict, a powerful dusk mage, a military hero, the favorite of the ducal council…and Lucian’s stepbrother.
Not that Benedict wants a shackle disguised as a crown. He’d rather start a new, anonymous life a thousand miles away and leave that beautiful, icy, sneering little cretin Lucian to whatever grim fate awaits him.
But when Lucian comes to him in the middle of the night, terrified and desperate but still as infuriatingly arrogant as ever, Benedict agrees to keep Lucian alive and on the throne. On one condition: Lucian must give in to Benedict’s long-hidden desires and allow Benedict to use him, in every possible way, to sate his cursed magic’s demands.
Lucian detests Benedict. He despises what he becomes when Benedict touches him. And it might be the death of him, if his father’s murderer doesn’t kill him first…
The Traitor’s Curse is the third book in the Twilight Mages series, but it can be read as a standalone. Contains family secrets, unbecoming behavior in a throne room, and a duke who protests far, far too much. HEA guaranteed!
Jacqueleen the Reading Queen's review:
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The Traitor's Curse is the 3rd book in the Twilight Mages series, and I have been thoroughly enjoying them all. I mean, who doesn't like spicy PNR!? Unlike the previous books, this one is written in the single POV of Lucian, the crown Duke who holds no magic of his own. As a narrator to his life, Lucian is completely unreliable. During the progression of the story, it became more and more clear how wrong Lucian was about a lot of things, especially when it came to his dusk mage stepbrother Benedict.
Alongside the romance was an intriguing plot, with a whodunit mystery. I went back and forth quite a bit over who I felt was the culprit or even just suspicious. I quicky learned that Lucian thought everyone was suspicious so that made things harder to figure out since it was his narrative we were in. These men had some major things to deal with before they could really settle down and get to the HEA. I have to say once the big mystery was revealed I thought Lucian had the perfect idea of what to do next.
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I don't know if this is the last book in this series or not. There was no indication or teaser at the end for a 4th. Either way, I've always been a fan of Eliot Grayson's writing, and I will continue on with whatever series they write next!
The Traitor's Curse is currently available as an e-book and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription
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