Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings, in which we take a look at upcoming releases we’re super excited about.
Today’s selection and book I’m excitedly awaiting is:
The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy
(Dearly Beloathed #1)
by Brigitte Knightley
Adult Fiction – Fantasy – Romance
July 8th, 2025
Goodreads
The first in a slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romantasy duology featuring a scholarly healer and a gentleman assassin, set in an exquisite fantasy world, perfect for fans of The Love Hypothesis and Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries.
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.
When I saw the list of tropes for this book included enemies to lovers, he falls first, and evisceration as a love language, I knew I needed to read this.
Tell Me:
Will you be reading this book?
Everything about this book just sounds so good and right up my alley. Also loooove the cover!
Me too! 🙂
I hope you love this one!
Thanks!
That one was so good!
I’m happy to hear that!
I’ve just finished this and it was so good! I hope you love it 🙂
That’s great to hear!
I just added it to my TBR the other day..
Hope we’ll both love this one then!