Villains Are Destined to Die (novel), Vol. 3

Surviving a rigged game where every wrong move ends in death is hard enough — surviving it while your escape routes keep catching fire is something else entirely.

In this electrifying third volume of Gwon Gyeoeul's bestselling romantasy series, Penelope Eckart is running out of options. Trapped inside a deadly romance game as its doomed villainess, she's already cheating fate on "hard mode" — and now, with the affection meters of her potential suitors mysteriously locked, her carefully constructed survival strategy is unraveling fast. Her backup plan hinges on getting closer to the darkly compelling guildmaster Winter, but their forced date descends into chaos when anti-magic cults, malevolent deities, and the terrifyingly unpredictable Crown Prince Callisto all converge at once.

The horror doesn't stop there. As Penelope fights to keep her composure in a royal court built on shifting loyalties and quiet betrayals, the people she thought she understood begin revealing sides of themselves she never anticipated. Allies show cracks. Enemies show unexpected depth. And the lines between danger and desire grow impossibly, dangerously blurred.

This volume cranks the tension of the enemies-to-lovers dynamic to a fever pitch, weaving polyamorous romantic intrigue through genuinely spine-chilling stakes. Penelope isn't just playing for love anymore — she's playing for her life, and the rules keep changing.

With a perfect 4.9-star rating, Vol. 3 proves this series has no intention of letting readers breathe easy anytime soon.