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The Dragon's Bride

A Deal With a Demon #1 / 5
by Katee Robert
The Dragon's Bride (A Deal With a Demon #1) by Katee Robert
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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.

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Release date: March 29, 2022

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Katee Robert

Katee Robert

Katee Robert writes romance that refuses to stay polite. Her stories live where desire meets danger, where power is negotiated rather than assumed, and where love often grows in the shadow of temptation. Known for reshaping familiar myths and archetypes into bold, modern romances, she has become a defining voice for readers who want emotional intensity alongside unapologetic heat.

Much of her work plays with reinvention. In the Dark Olympus series, Greek gods walk a contemporary city built on politics, control, and carefully guarded secrets. Hades, Persephone, and the rest are no longer distant legends but flawed, hungry people navigating power and intimacy in public and private spaces. Elsewhere, in series like Wicked Villains, classic antagonists are pulled out of the margins and given center stage, their stories reframed around consent, vulnerability, and desire. Across genres, whether contemporary romance, myth inspired worlds, or darker fantasy leaning settings, her books return again and again to questions of agency and trust.

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Her path to writing grew out of a lifelong love for fairy tales and mythology, especially the parts that felt unfinished or unfair. Rather than abandoning those stories, she chose to rewrite them, keeping the magic but changing who gets to claim power and pleasure. Now based in the Pacific Northwest, she is known for a prolific creative rhythm and a close connection with her readers, often sharing insights into process, influences, and the realities of building a long running body of work.

That consistency has translated into a significant cultural footprint. Her novels regularly appear on major bestseller lists, including the New York Times and USA Today, and have helped push darker, more adventurous romance into the mainstream conversation. Yet the appeal of her books is not rooted in shock value alone. Readers return for characters who negotiate boundaries honestly, relationships that evolve under pressure, and worlds where desire is treated as something meaningful rather than disposable.

Katee Robert’s work stands out because it treats romance as both pleasure and story engine. In her books, intimacy reveals character, power creates conflict, and love, no matter how unconventional its shape, is always taken seriously.

A Deal With a Demon

Five people enter into a deal with a demon. He'll give them what they want in return for seven years' service. And they have to pay up front.

A Deal With a Demon consists of five primary books, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

The Dragon's Bride (A Deal With a Demon #1)
Unrated
The Kraken's Sacrifice (A Deal With a Demon #2)
⧗ 9.00 / 1
The Gargoyle's Captive (A Deal With a Demon #3)
⧗ 9.00 / 1
The Succubus's Prize (A Deal With a Demon #4)
⧗ 9.00 / 1
The Demon's Queen (A Deal With a Demon #5)
⧗ 9.00 / 1
The Demon's Bargain (A Deal With a Demon)
Unrated


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