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by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

🌶️ 1/5 FunWittyCozy Fantasy

So Assistant to the Villain wrecked you. Welcome to the club. Whether it was the fun vibes, the office romance, or Hannah Nicole Maehrer's ability to make you forget you have a life outside these pages — we've been there. These aren't random "if you liked X" picks. Every book on this page was matched element by element against what made Assistant to the Villain hit different. Same energy, new stories.

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12 Books Matched to Assistant to the Villain

Grouped by the elements that made Assistant to the Villain unforgettable.

Compatible reads for fun lovers

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Check and Mate
by Ali Hazelwood
🌶️ 1/5 · 384p
If you one-clicked Assistant to the Villain, your thumb is about to do it again.
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94%
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Boyfriend Material
by Alexis Hall
🌶️🌶️ 2/5 · 432p
Alexis Hall writes like Hannah Nicole Maehrer's cooler cousin. Same energy, fresh take.
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91%
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A Heart So Fierce and Broken
by Brigid Kemmerer
🌶️ 1/5 · 448p
Your TBR just found its soulmate.
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More fantasy energy

89%
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Hands Down
by Mariana Zapata
🌶️🌶️ 2/5 · 524p · Sports Romance
If Assistant to the Villain left a void, Hands Down fills it — then digs a new one.
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86%
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Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin
by Mariana Zapata
🌶️🌶️ 2/5 · 390p · Contemporary Romance
The book equivalent of finding someone who also cried at Assistant to the Villain.
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84%
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When Gracie Met the Grump
by Mariana Zapata
🌶️🌶️ 2/5 · 508p · Contemporary Romance, Paranormal
You'll finish this and immediately text someone "READ THIS." We guarantee it.
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Matches that share Assistant to the Villain's humor energy

81%
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Love on the Brain
by Ali Hazelwood
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 368p
If Assistant to the Villain was your type, Love on the Brain is its hot friend.
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79%
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Terms and Conditions
by Lauren Asher
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 480p · Contemporary Romance, Billionaire
The romance you didn't know you needed after Assistant to the Villain. Trust us.
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Your #1 Match — We'd swipe right for you

Based on mood alignment, spice compatibility, and trope DNA.

Check and Mate by Ali Hazelwood — 🌶️ 1/5 spice, 384 pages

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Quick answers before your next match

Based on mood, trope, and pacing analysis, the most similar books to Assistant to the Villain include Check and Mate, Boyfriend Material, A Heart So Fierce and Broken. Each matches on specific elements like fun and witty that made Assistant to the Villain resonate with readers.

We recommend starting with Check and Mate by Ali Hazelwood — it shares Assistant to the Villain's core Fun energy while bringing something fresh to the table.

Assistant to the Villain is a standalone novel. You can jump right in without reading anything else first.

Assistant to the Villain has a spice level of 1/5. The recommendations on this page range across spice levels — each one is labeled so you can find your comfort zone.

Assistant to the Villain is already a low-spice read (1/5). Most similar books on this page have comparable heat levels.

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