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Kiss of the Basilisk by Lindsay Straube

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Also by Lindsay Straube:

Kneel Before Me, October 2026
Trade Paperback
Between Two Kings, November 2025
Trade Paperback / e-Book / audiobook
Kiss of the Basilisk, March 2025
Paperback / e-Book

KISS OF THE BASILISK
By: Lindsay Straube

Deluxe Edition

Split or Swallow #1
Sourcebooks
March 2025
On Sale: February 25, 2025
Featuring: Temperance Verus; Caspen
528 pages
ISBN: 1464247579
EAN: 9781464247576
Kindle: B0DMX89R8T
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Romance Fantasy | Fantasy Romance

From internet sensation Lindsay Straube comes the first book in the sexy, biting Split or Swallow series, featuring dangerous basilisks, competitive seduction, and a love triangle that could destroy kingdoms.

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. When she uncovers a terrible secret about the royal family, Tem finds herself caught between two worlds, neither of which she can survive without.

Split or Swallow

Kiss of the Basilisk
KISS OF THE BASILISK
#1.0 β€’ March 2025
Between Two Kings
BETWEEN TWO KINGS
#2.0 β€’ November 2025