The hilarious grumpy x sunshine fantasy rom-com from the #1 New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation REWARD OFFERED: Apprentice to The Villain wanted for treason (light), magical property damage (alleged), and one incident involving a weaponized scone (accurate). Frequently seen with a grumpy frog (crowned, judgmental). Answers to “Evie” or “Stop that.” Evie Sage didn’t mean to become the right-hand woman to the kingdom’s most terrifying villain. One minute, she was applying for an entry-level position that promised “light paperwork and occasional beheadings,” and the next, she was knee-deep in magical mayhem, murder plots, and an entirely inappropriate crush on her brooding, sharp-jawed, walking disaster of a boss. Now, with a magical prophecy unraveling, assassins showing up in the break room, and a suspicious amount of frogs wearing crowns, Evie has to figure out how to survive her job without setting the kingdom on fire?or her dignity, which is hanging by a very sarcastic thread. Being evil-adjacent was never part of the five-year plan. But then again…neither was falling for The Villain. Readers are OBSESSED with Hannah Nicole Maehrer... ‘OH MY DAYS, I have such a profound love for these characters’ ***** Reader review ‘The tension and banter between the leads is well-written and laugh out loud enjoyable’ ***** Reader review ‘I couldn’t put this down’ ***** Reader review ‘These books have a bit of everything! Humour, romance, suspense, drama, blood, magic AND A TALKING FROG!’ ***** Reader review ‘I am overwhelmed by my love of this series and its characters’ ***** Reader review The Assistant and the Villain series is best enjoyed in order. Book #1 Assistant to the Villain Book #2 Apprentice to the Villain Book #3 Accomplice to the Villain