Assistant to the Villain · Book 4
Adversary to the Villain
- Published
- 4 August 2026
- Pages
- 444
- ISBN-13
- 9781649378828
- Type
- novel

About this book
Adversary to the Villain, published August 4, 2026 at 444 pages, is a fourth consecutive August release and the longest in the series so far, continuing Evie Sage's low-violence, high-charm romance with the Villain ahead of the fifth and concluding volume Hannah Nicole Maehrer has yet to title.
Its place in Assistant to the Villain
Adversary to the Villain is book 4 in the Assistant to the Villain series. It follows Accomplice to the Villain. See the full Assistant to the Villain reading order.
Evie Sage needs a job badly enough to take the one nobody else wants: personal assistant to the Villain, Rennedawn's most feared official evildoer. She expects torture devices and casual cruelty. Instead she finds a boss with dry wit, genuine (if gruff) fairness, and absolutely no patience for the actual monsters -- corrupt nobles, scheming princesses -- causing real harm in his kingdom. Hannah Nicole Maehrer's cozy fantasy rom-com runs on banter rather than angst: Evie's chatty, self-deprecating narration, a…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781682816721
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781649378828