On Writing Darkly Charming Villainous Love with Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Embrace your dark side (and your best evil laugh) and join us in conversation with Hannah Nicole Maehrer, creator of the New York Times bestselling Assistant to the Villain series.

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.

Full of humor and heart, this magical office comedy about a sunshine assistant and her grumpy evil boss is one you won’t want to miss out on. With the third book in the series, Accomplice to the Villain, out August 5, 2025, you need to register today to learn what tricks are up this author’s sleeve!

You may also like the following events from Chippewa River District Library:

• This Wednesday, 20th August, 11:00 pm, Returning to Romance Through Food and Flirty Fun in Fiction with Casey McQuiston in Mount Pleasant, Michigan
• Next Thursday, 28th August, 06:00 pm, How to Thrive in a World of Constant Chaos with Organizational Psychologist Dr. Tasha Eurich in Mount Pleasant, Michigan
• Next month, 11th September, 07:30 am, Cook the Kit - Celery in Mount Pleasant

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