Title: The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy

Series: Dearly Beloathed #1

Author: Brigitte Knightley

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Osric Mordaunt, member of the Fyren Order of assassins, is in dire need of healing. Naturally – such is the grim comedy of fate – the only healer who can help is Aurienne Fairhrim, preeminent scientist, bastion of moral good, and member of an enemy Order.

Aurienne is desperate for funding to heal the sick – so desperate that, when Osric bribes her to help him, she accepts, even if she detests him and everything he stands for.

A forced collaboration ensues: the brilliant Woman in STEM is coerced into working with the PhD in Murders, much to Aurienne’s disgust. As Osric and Aurienne work together to heal his illness and investigate the mysterious reoccurrence of a deadly pox, they find themselves ardently denying their attraction, which only fuels the heat between them.

I listened to the audiobook, and this will be a smaller review as I’ve just had an eye op but wanted to leave something!

Two characters from different ends of the scale, Aurienne the healer and Osric the killer, are thrown together for a miracle (not a cure), but an immunisation!

‘He tilted his head so that his cheekbone caught the light. His cleft chin clefted majestically. Who wouldn’t want to heal this?’

The story and the writing were hilarious, and it called to my dark, dry humour on a massive level!

‘Lovely outfit said Osric. Crime scene chic.
Thank you said Tristane. It has pockets.’

The banter, the quick wit, and the name calling (ganglion being my fave) made me laugh out loud in some parts! Special note to the springs/baths part!

If someone could tell me two things: when is book 2 and where can I get a critique cricket?!

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