It's not easy being London's newest Dark Lord. A little murder in the morning, some late afternoon kidnapping, followed by an evening of vengeful plotting to take over the world... Thankfully, I'm not the next Dark Lord. Or I wasn't supposed to be. But being evil is nothing if not unpredictable, and when the void picks the spare (me) and not the heir (my suitably tall, dark and handsome brother), to be the next Dark Lord, my Monday gets off to a bad start... For one, I'm not as evil as you'd expect from the long bloodline of terribly wicked and dastardly Ludgate lords. Fake it till you make it, right? How hard can being evil be? Nobody has to find out I'm the white sheep of the family or that I'm investigating my father's suspicious death. Until somebody does. My new, extremely sexy, very grumpy bodyguard: Ash Brannon. A real Dark Lord of London would deal with Ash the old fashioned way. Me? I just need to get through the night, find out who killed my father, and maybe, just maybe, Ash might be the good guy to my not-so-wicked ways? In a city where evil reigns supreme, I'm Paul Ludgate - the worst Dark Lord London has ever seen. But in a world of villains, perhaps a Dark Lord with a light touch is exactly what this city needs. Welcome to evil London, where being bad at being bad might just be a good thing. * From the author who brought you the outrageous SOS HOTEL series comes a new dark-ish fantasy series, filled with colorful characters, a snarky, unconventionally good "bad guy", one grumpy bodyguard with a few secrets of his own, and a sprinkling of dark humor.

Publication Year: 2025