Accomplice to the Villain

By Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Book Overview

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES

Accolades:
Goodreads Choice Award finalist 2025: Readers' Favorite Romantasy - Likewise Choice Award finalist - Spotify Best Romantasy Audiobooks of 2025 recommendation

Once Upon a Time meets The Office in Hannah Nicole Maehrer's laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an 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.

A magical office comedy with grumpy bosses, snarky frogs, and definitely-not-feelings.

The Assistant and the Villain series is best enjoyed in order.
Reading Order:
Book #1 Assistant to the Villain
Book #2 Apprentice to the Villain
Book #3 Accomplice to the Villain
Book #4 Adversary to the Villain

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1649378548
• ISBN13: 9781649378545
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Entangled: Red Tower Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Loved it!

I loved all the twists and turns this book had. I cannot wait for the 4th!

Can’t wait for this one!

This is one of my favorite series this year so I know I’m going to love book 3 when it releases!