Author: Maehrer, Hannah Nicole
Fantasy romance
Published on 7 August 2025 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Penguin (Transworld)) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Assistant to the Villain' series.
Paperback | 384 pages
196 x 129 x 27 | 268g
🐸 🏰 When falling for the brooding, off-limits boss means excusing his magical murder plots and enduring a sassy amphibian sidekick – all because you love a bad boy… 🏰 🐸? The third book in the bestselling fantasy rom-com series from the TikTok sensation about the sunshine assistant to the grumpy evil villain and their unexpected romance… ?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...
? ? ? ? ? ‘This book [has] my whole heart … I need more. Book 4, please, and thank you!’ ? ? ? ? ? ‘My favourite in the series … I was genuinely on the edge of my seat … I physically don’t think I can wait until book four’? ? ? ? ? ‘It truly makes the world seem just that more magical … I’m not sure I’ll ever get bored of books set in this world!’ ? ? ? ? ? ‘WHAT a book! I picked up the first book thinking it'd be a cute and fun read... Reader... I was WRONG … volume three solidifies ATTV as genre-defying fantastical farce … an absolute treat’ – ***** Bookseller review? ? ? ? ? 'A truly delightful shenanigan-filled romantasy … I constantly found myself grinning and giggling … My favourite book of the series!’ The Assistant and the Villain series is best enjoyed in order.
Book #1 Assistant to the VillainBook #2 Apprentice to the VillainBook #3 Accomplice to the Villain