Accomplice to the Villain
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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
- Pages
- 368
- First published
- August 5, 2025
- Language
- English
- Edition
- Ebook
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Reviews
Finished October 9, 2025
Accomplice is definitely my favourite in the series so far, I had so much fun reading this one! I especially appreciate that at the start, the author recaps the first books, so you can just jump straight back into the world without worrying about trying to remember what happened earlier in the series. The characters became even more loveable and I still absolutely adore The Villain. He gained more depth, and you got to see a lot more of his caring side, which ofc was great. I was constantly giggling and loved the villain being referred to as ‘Mr. The Villain’ by the little girl he saved
Finished May 26, 2026
This book was fun! I enjoyed reading it, kicked my feet and giggled A LOT. EVEN OUT IN PUBLIC!!! The slow burn that Evie and Trystan have is finally paying off and OMG THE PLOT????????? WHAT IS HAPPENING???? Evie knowing well that Trystan reacts to everything she does, teasing him, trying to make him jealous and all that? perfection. Then Trystan reaction bc he is a jealous sob, AND THEN EVIE TELLING HIM ABOUT THEIR FUTURE???? STOPPIT. Then about that plot........ what. was. that? Now I must wait till book four to figure out what is happening? UGH Ow and KINGSLEY I KNOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH KING BENEDICT YOU FILTHY ANIMAL
Finished August 13, 2025
I NEED MORE NOW. Is this cliffhanger the worse one yet or do I just think it is because now I have to wait for the next book. This book was just as good as the others and tho everyone was making me suspicious I didn’t see that ending coming and I need answers immediately. So excited for the next one to see the tables turned for Trystan and Evie.
Finished November 25, 2025
Started October 20, 2025 · Finished October 24, 2025