BBNYA Spotlight - In Which a Demon King Does Not Have a Romantic Interest in His Human Gardener by Rori Thornton

I reviewed this book last year, check out my ARC review where I said (among other things):

This is a delightful, sex-positive story with a (probably autistic) aro/ace demon king protagonist who is convinced that since he's never had a crush before he can't possibly have one now. It's the first of several volumes, telling a mostly-complete story of the demon king finding the gardener and getting him set up officially to continue what he'd been doing in secret. It revolves around the demon king's daily activities and conversations as he handles the logistics necessary to integrate a human into a brand-new position.

Review Link: https://reviews.booksthatburn.com/2023/07/thornton-vol1.html

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Book Details

LENGTH: 133 Pages
GENRE: Romance, Fantasy
AGE CATEGORY: Adult
DATE PUBLISHED: April 14, 2023

Indie Story Geek: https://indiestorygeek.com/story/8744

Amazon Link: https://amzn.eu/d/aCNbCMZ (UK) https://a.co/d/3CDuQSq (USA) https://a.co/d/31foC0u (Canada)

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/141275661-in-which-a-demon-king-does-not-have-a-romantic-interest-in-his-human-gar

The Story Graph Link: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/52a53de2-d5b8-4999-b0f4-d70760d4efd6

Blurb

Demon King Jurao returns from his successful thirty-year Union Campaign and discovers something amiss - the castle gardens have a secret caretaker.

Using his authority over the sentient plants, he discovers the gardener is... a human! But after hearing the man out, Jurao decides to appoint Braelin as the official Royal Gardener for all his hard work.

Now he just needs to figure out why everyone seems to believe he is romantically interested in the human...

Author Bio

Rori Thornton is an aroace nonbinary individual who's finding working on self-indulgent silly love stories a lot more fun than trying to craft the next sprawling fantasy epic. Xe has a MLitt in Creative Writing from Glasgow University and is currently working on xyr second bachelor's degree in animation and game design.