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Briar Rose might have a name out of a storybook, but she learned at a very young age that no prince was coming to save her. She'll have to save herself. Unfortunately, even that is an impossible task in her current situation-trapped in a terrifying marriage to a dangerous man. Desperate times call for desperate measures, which is how she finds herself making a deal with a demon. Freedom from her husband...in return for seven years of service. She expects the service to be backbreaking and harsh. She doesn't expect to be put on an auction block in a room full of literal monsters and sold to the highest bidder. To Sol. A dragon. He might seem kinder than his fearsome looks imply, but she knows better than to trust the way he wants to take care of her, or how invested he is in her pleasure. In her experience, if something seems too good to be true, it certainly is. Falling for Sol is out of the question. She's suffered enough, and she has no intention of staying in this realm...even if she leaves her heart behind when she returns to her normal life. Author note: for all tropes, tags, and CWs, please check the author website.
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Briar Rose needs a way out of her abusive marriage, and a demon offers one—with seven years of service as the price. She expects a terrible bargain. She doesn’t expect to become the wife of Sol, a dragon ruler whose imposing appearance hides a surprisingly attentive husband.
Sol needs a human bride to help secure his people’s future. Briar needs room to feel safe, make her own choices and discover what she actually wants. Between his enormous library, their blunt conversations and a powerful attraction, their arrangement starts to feel like something neither planned for. But the contract has an end date, and they want very different things from it.
This is an intensely sexual monster romance with a tender streak. Briar’s recovery matters as much as the attraction, and Sol’s possessiveness creates real complications alongside the fantasy. Expect marriage of convenience, a bookish heroine, a very protective dragon and a happy ending for the central couple.
Main characters
- Briar Rose: An adult human woman rebuilding her confidence after an abusive marriage. Curious, cautious and increasingly outspoken, she finds comfort in books and refuses to let her future be decided for her.
- Sol: An adult male dragon and ruler of the dragon territory. He is direct, affectionate and fiercely possessive, with responsibilities to his people and a growing attachment to Briar.
Reading details
Series: A Deal with a Demon, book 1. Briar and Sol’s romance resolves in this book, while the wider series continues. Point of view: Alternating first-person chapters from Briar and Sol. Setting: Primarily a fantasy demon realm, with Briar’s past rooted in the contemporary human world.
Content notes: Domestic-abuse history and its aftermath, off-page murder, an auction and binding marriage bargain, abduction, forced sedation, blood magic, biting, choking, graphic sexual content, intense possessiveness, breeding themes and contraceptive removal with consent complications. Pregnancy and birth warnings relate to the separate bonus epilogue.
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