Accidentally a Villain

Books Actual Title "How To Accidentally Become A Villain" Kidnapped on the eve of an arranged marriage, Princess Elira wakes in a retired wizard’s tower that promptly adopts her—complete with a judgmental broom, a raccoon quartermaster, and wolves who treat “guard duty” like a profession. The bandits vanish. The tower wills her its secrets. And Elira—angry, brilliant, a little drunk on freedom—starts learning magic for herself, not for a crown. What begins as survival turns into civic sorcery: fire that lights kitchens instead of burning them, winds that pause on a single word—Courtesy—and rules that work better than swords. When the kingdom responds with edicts and pageantry, Elira steps into the square as the so-called Villain of Courtesy, wielding receipts, witness circles, and the sharpest one-liners this side of a hangover. The nobles call her a menace. The people call her dinner—because soup first is policy. Packed with dark humor, big magic, and gloriously messy adult life, How to Accidentally Become a Villain turns the fantasy “chosen one” on its head. Elira doesn’t claim a throne—she builds a Public Covenant that outlives her cape. By the time the curtain falls on the Crown’s pageant, a city is running itself…and a larger war is lifting smoke on the horizon.

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