Prince and Pawn

Perilous Courts, Book 3

By: Tavia Lark

Narrated by: Kirt Graves, John Solo

One night of bliss could unravel a kingdom.

Be obedient. Be grateful. As the neglected illegitimate son of a powerful family, Corin is expected to follow his magic-gifted brother to the palace as a servant. He’s unwilling but resigns and allows himself one night of distraction in a stranger’s arms.

Corin never knew pleasure and pain could be so exhilarating, so comforting. Corin only regrets he’ll never again see the anonymous man who ruined him for anyone else.

Until the next morning when Corin meets his brother’s new arranged fiancé.

Prince Audric doesn’t want a loveless political betrothal, but he’ll do anything for his kingdom. His last night of freedom is a rare indulgence—and a terrible mistake.

Corin is sweet and beautiful and sees Audric like nobody else does. He’s also Audric’s fiancé’s younger brother. Audric’s arranged betrothal might be a relationship in name only, but he can’t touch Corin again.

Constant proximity hurts when they can’t be together. But avoidance is impossible when Corin might be the key to unraveling the conspiracy behind Audric’s betrothal—and when Corin keeps fainting into Audric’s arms.

Prince and Pawn is a high fantasy gay romance with hurt/comfort, forbidden pining, inappropriate use of vines, and more magic tigers. The Perilous Courts series is best enjoyed in order, but each book follows a different prince and his Happily Ever After.

©2023 Tavia Lark (P)2023 Podium Audio

Short & Fun, favorite in the series so far!

Each book in this series is a fun, short romantic story with just enough fantasy world building to invest the reader. This is my favorite couple so far... potentially because they're also the kinkiest, but they do have sparkling chemistry.

Amazing series.

I will read anything Tavia Lark ever writes. Every single book I read by this author manages to include all of my favourite tropes. The world building is just intricate enough, and is explored a bit further with every book. I am addicted. I wish more of this content was on Audible since it is my main way of consuming books at the moment. However, I vow to eventually hunt down all the physical copies as well and build a special shelf for them.
As a side note: The subtle trans representation is so important! I really appreciate it.

I don't care for whiny characters!

I have listened to the first two books in the series and I really enjoyed them. The overall stories in both books were excellent, and the building love story between the main characters was very anticipatory; I wanted the characters to get together. This book, however, did not do it for me. I wanted to slap the crap out of Corin. He's nothing but a "whoa is me" character. Everything with him is horrible. He's nothing but clingy, needy, unsure, uncertain, whinny, feel-bad-for-me, and a cry baby. He really has mental issues that need to be evaluated. He latches onto the first man who gives him an ounce of attention. I can't express how much I do not like whiny and needy characters, and Corin is one of them!

The BSDM was way over the top! The need for pain to feel pleasure was far too much. And Audric's willingness to beat and bruise and yank and violate and brutalize Corin's body is horrific.

I would recommend the first two books and skip this one. Corin is enough to make you cringe.

A Wonderful End to the Trilogy!

I loved Audric and Corin's story! The light BDSM aspect was hot, especially when it was mixed with Audric's powers. There were lots of exciting discoveries in this book and I loved the narration by Kirt Graves and John Solo. Can't wait for the spinoff series about the Dire princes!

that was some

of the most erotic reading of pain kink. loved it. best book out of 3. Although I loved all of them.