The Curse of the Fifth
Book OneBy Lord Steven Donahoo
Length9h 48m
About this audiobook
Her blood was hidden for a reason. His curse was made to keep him alone.
At twenty-four, Mícheáilín ní Cathasaigh knows her magic only by the scent it leaves behind: white peach and orange blossom. Then Donnchadh, a scarred Ulster warrior cursed to make every fierce emotion lethal, enters her life—and an invisible thread snaps tight between them.
When shadow-born hunters come for her, Donnchadh becomes her only path to safety. But her mother’s forbidden book is awakening, a queen is hunting the power in her blood, and the forgotten Fifth may rise again through the bond neither of them fully understands.
The Curse of the Fifth: Book One is an adult dark romantasy of Irish-inspired myth, gaslamp magic, court intrigue, dangerous devotion, and a heroine who must decide whether fate is a weapon—or a choice.
Audiobook details
GenreFantasy, Romance
Length9 hrs 48 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 4, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Credits
2Epigraph
3Dedication
4Prologue — The Severing
5Chapter One — Whispers of the Fifth
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6Chapter Two — The Cursed Warrior
7Chapter Three — Forbidden Fruit
8Chapter Four — Tempting the Curse
9Chapter Five — Defying Fate
10Chapter Six — Court of Vipers
11Chapter Seven — A Dangerous Obsession
12Chapter Eight — The Queen’s Favor
13Chapter Nine — The Burning Bond
14Chapter Ten — Blood and Moonlight
15Chapter Eleven — Stolen in the Dark
16Chapter Twelve — Secrets of the Relic
17Chapter Thirteen — Ulster’s Claim
18Chapter Fourteen — A Traitor’s Bargain
19Chapter Fifteen — Shattered Illusions
20Chapter Sixteen — Fractured Bond
21Chapter Seventeen — The Gathering Storm
22Chapter Eighteen — The Iron Choir
23Chapter Nineteen — The Name Beneath the Name
24Chapter Twenty — Blood in the Ashes
25Chapter Twenty-One — A Willing Ruin
26Chapter Twenty-Two — Echoes of the Past
27Chapter Twenty-Three — The Relic’s Hunger
28Chapter Twenty-Four — Warrior’s Lesson
29Chapter Twenty-Five — The Fifth Awakens
30Chapter Twenty-Six — The Cost of Desire
31Chapter Twenty-Seven — A Final Temptation
32Chapter Twenty-Eight — Ashes & Orchards
33Epilogue — The Second Song
34Closing Credits
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