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 Villain
Book #2 Apprentice to the Villain
Book #3 Accomplice to the Villain