{"product_id":"the-sweetest-fiend-by-raven-kennedy","title":"The Sweetest Fiend by Raven Kennedy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUK Indie Bookshop  Special Edition Hardcover\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreorder expected delivery 22nd September 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFantasy Romance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIt’s time to pay the Piper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur world cracked open like an egg. Power burst out, and with it, nine monstrous Banes ready to destroy everything. The powerful Core fae finally slayed them all, but each Bane left a Plague to punish us.\u003cbr\u003eBut that’s not the only thing they left behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI’m half Bane, half fae, and wholly hated. Survival means enduring every vicious glare and cursed outbreak. Until one day, a Plague descends upon my city that means certain death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThen \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ehe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e comes. The Pied Piper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe rids my city of the Plague, but it comes at a cost. One hundred and thirty people are taken as payment. Including me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI don’t know what he’s going to do to us, but I know I have to get home. My family’s lives depend on it. But the Piper won’t let me go, and something wicked stirs between us. The sweet scent in my veins beckons him, while the seductive lure of his magic sinks under my skin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eI have to escape before it’s too late. Because if I don’t, it’s not just my heart at risk. . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBut the entire world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNote: Pied Piper reimagined. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThis dark fantasy is full of romance and secrets, with mature themes and explicit scenes only suitable for adults. This is book one of a duology.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTropes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForced Proximity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCaptive Romance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Who hurt you?\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnly one bed . . . and horse . . . and tent!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo. Much. Banter!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Birch \u0026 Spine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62825112011082,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1042\/3831\/7898\/files\/C0CEEBC3-5DAB-41CA-9C88-53817D6A00A7.png?v=1785274177","url":"https:\/\/birchandspine.com\/products\/the-sweetest-fiend-by-raven-kennedy","provider":"Birch \u0026 Spine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}