A Heart of Blood and Ashes (A Gathering of Dragons #1)
Milla Vane
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· 170 ratings · 555 pages · Published: 04 Feb 2020
Though forbidden by the alliance council to kill the corrupt king responsible for his parents’ murders, Maddek vows to avenge them, even if it costs him the Parsathean crown. But when he learns it was the king’s daughter who lured his parents to their deaths, the barbarian warrior is determined to make her pay.
Yet the woman Maddek captures is not what he expected. Though the last in a line of legendary warrior-queens, Yvenne is small and weak, and the sharpest weapons she wields are her mind and her tongue. Even more surprising is the marriage she proposes to unite them in their goals and to claim their thrones—because her desire for vengeance against her father burns even hotter than his own…
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- fantasy 28
- enemies to lovers 27
- marriage of convenience 22
- alpha male 21
- disabilities & scars 21
- vengeance 21
- military 20
- warlord/commander hero 20
- virgin heroine 19
- tortured heroine 19
- slow burn 19
- royal hero 18
- high fantasy 18
- magic 16
- possessive hero 16
- independent heroine 16
- competent heroine 15
- cruel hero/bully 14
- arranged/forced marriage 14
- aristo/royal heroine 14
- grumpy/cold hero 13
- height difference 13
- m-f romance 13
- political/court intrigue 13
- multicultural 12
- war 10
- paranormal 8
- dark romance 8
- demons 8
- angst 8
- medieval 8
- suspense 8
- breeding 8
- forced proximity 8
- take-charge heroine 8
- found family 7
- plain heroine 6
- hurt/comfort 6
- pagan 5
- good grovel 3
- historical 1
- monsters 1
- dangerous heroine 1
- pregnancy 1
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- content warnings
- abuse 18
- death / grief 14
- past abuse 14
- rape 13
- animal death 11
- third party sexual assault 11
- third party abuse 10
- miscarriage / infertility 10
- graphic violence 8
- abuse between mcs 8
- torture of mcs 7
- birth-control non-consent 5
- torture of side characters 4
- non-consent between mcs 3
- forced pregnancy 3
- dubious consent 1
- Format
- audiobook
- dual pov 15
- third person pov 12
- male pov 7
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The 'A Gathering of Dragons' series
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