Kiss of the Basilisk (Split or Swallow #1) by Lindsay Straube - Deluxe Edition

Special Edition with Sprayed Edges

Book #1 in the Split or Swallow Series

Tropes: Fantasy Romance, Shifters, Love Triangle, Forced Proximity, Professor/Student

Twenty year old Temperance Verus has never been kissed. But that's what the basilisk is for.

Along with thirteen other contestants, Tem must train with a basilisk to learn the power of seduction and win the prince's hand in marriage. When Tem is matched with Caspen, the Serpent King, she realizes she might actually stand a chance. But with tensions rising between the basilisks and the humans, Tem is suddenly torn in two directions. As her bond with Caspen deepens, so does her connection with the prince. And when she uncovers a terrible secret about the royal family, Tem finds herself caught between two neither of which she can survive without.