You want an open door romance with one or more explicit scenes (FaeShelf spice 3/5, from Sheila Masterson's note).
You want vampires, enemies to lovers and forced proximity, as the publisher's description puts it.
Skip it if
You want romance without explicit sex (FaeShelf spice 3/5, from Sheila Masterson's note).
You want to avoid discussion of sexual assault, not of the heroine (noted by Sheila Masterson's site).
Content notes
Violence: Child abuse and neglect, ritual hand-cutting for magic, blood and violence. “child abuse/neglect, ritual cutting of the hand for magic, blood, violence, death” (Sheila Masterson's site)
Death: Death and discussion of suicidal ideation. “blood, violence, death, discussion of suicide ideation” (Sheila Masterson's site)
Sexual violence: Discussion of sexual assault, not of the heroine. “discussion of sexual assault (not of FMC)” (Sheila Masterson's site)
Sexual content: Consensual explicit sex, including a public sex ritual. “public sex ritual, voyeurism, primal play, consensual explicit sex” (Sheila Masterson's site)
A book missing from this list is not guaranteed to be free of that content.
Tropes and creatures
Only tags the publisher’s own description names, with its wording.
Enemies to lovers“The must-have, true enemies-to-lovers standalone romantasy about a woman whose lips are deadly poison” (source)
Forced proximity“Tropes: Marriage of inconvenience / Feminine rage / Forced proximity” (source)
Arranged marriage or marriage of convenience“Tropes: Marriage of inconvenience” (source)
How we checked this
This page draws on 3 source pages, each linked next to the fact it supports, last checked on Oct 14, 2026. Spice comes only from a named review or the author’s or publisher’s own content notes, quoted as published and placed on our 0 to 5 scale; reader shelves and fan sites are not used. Ratings change daily, so the Goodreads figure is a dated snapshot. Read more about our sources, or browse all books.