# The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten

### The Foxglove King

**Hannah Whitten** · The Nightshade Crown, book 1 of 3 (complete) · [https://houseofareader.com/books/the-foxglove-king](https://houseofareader.com/books/the-foxglove-king)

A woman who can raise the dead is blackmailed into spying on a decadent court by the Sainted King, handled by a prince who despises her. Court intrigue with necromancy, and considerably more interested in religion than most of the genre.

- Spice: 3/5 — Hot. A few explicit scenes, unhurried, arriving after a long stretch of hostility.
- Romance prominence: 4/5
- Plot: 4/5
- Worldbuilding: 4/5
- Darkness: 4/5
- Writing craft: 4/5
- Burn: slow
- Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, morally-grey-mmc, slow-burn, forbidden-romance, forced-proximity
- Creatures: gods, humans
- Setting: Auverraine, a court built over a buried god
- POV: third person
- Ending: happy ever after, ends on a cliffhanger
- Audience: adult
- Content warnings: death, drug use, gore, religious control
- Best for: Readers who want court intrigue and necromancy with a slow, hostile romance.
- Last verified: 2026-08-28

## Sources

- https://openlibrary.org/search?q=The+Foxglove+King+Hannah+Whitten

## What to read next

- [For the Wolf](https://houseofareader.com/books/for-the-wolf) by Hannah Whitten — spice 2/5. Readers who loved Uprooted and want something darker in the same forest.
- [Kingdom of the Wicked](https://houseofareader.com/books/kingdom-of-the-wicked) by Kerri Maniscalco — spice 3/5. Readers who want a devil love interest and a completed series to go with him.
- [The Serpent and the Wings of Night](https://houseofareader.com/books/the-serpent-and-the-wings-of-night) by Carissa Broadbent — spice 4/5. Fourth Wing readers who want the tournament structure with sharper prose behind it.
- [A Fate Inked in Blood](https://houseofareader.com/books/a-fate-inked-in-blood) by Danielle L. Jensen — spice 4/5. Fourth Wing readers who want the same intensity in a Norse setting.

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