Bull Moon Rising
In a world of magical artifacts and fantastical beings, a woman determined to save her family joins forces with an unlikely partner, in this steamy romantasy by USA Today bestselling author Ruby Dixon.
As a Holder’s daughter, Aspeth Honori knows the importance of magical artifacts . . . which is why it’s a disaster that her father has gambled all theirs away. Now that her family is in danger of losing their hold—and their heads—if anyone finds out the truth, Aspeth decides to do something about it. She’ll join the Royal Artifactual Guild and the adventurers who explore ancient underground ruins to retrieve the coveted arcane items.
It’s a great plan—with one big problem. The guild won’t let her train because she’s a woman. Aspeth needs a chaperone of some kind. The best way to get around this problem? Marry someone who will let her become an apprentice. Who better than a surly guild member who requires a favor of his own? He’s a minotaur (it’s fine) who is her teacher (also fine) . . . and he’s about to go into rut (which is where it gets tricky). He also has no idea she’s a noble (oops), and he’ll want nothing to do with her if he discovers her real identity.
Now Aspeth just has to pass the guild tests, thwart a fortune hunter, and save her hold—oh, and survive a rut with her monstrous, horned husband, whom she might be falling in love with.
It’s time to dig deep. Literally.
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Ruby Dixon
Ruby Dixon has become one of the most talked-about voices in romance, a writer who turned unlikely ideas into an entire phenomenon. Her books ask what happens when love collides with survival, when tenderness grows in alien landscapes, and when desire takes forms no one quite expects. Readers first discovered her through Ice Planet Barbarians, a series that began as a self-published experiment and blossomed into a cult favorite, later republished by Berkley Books. What started with humans stranded on a frozen world and blue-skinned warriors has grown into a sprawling universe, complete with spin-offs, clones, and countless reader discussions dissecting every detail of her imagined culture.
Royal Artifactual Guild
The Royal Artifactual Guild series invites readers into a world where the past refuses to stay buried. Artifacts are not merely relics, they hold power, secrets, and the potential to alter the course of kingdoms. At the heart of this intrigue stands the Guild itself, a society bound by duty to uncover, protect, and sometimes exploit the magic threaded through history’s remains.
Royal Artifactual Guild consists of two books and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
