The Fire Bride by Gena Showalter, Jill Monroe Series: Kings of Fury #3
Published by Author Talk Media on March 30, 2026
Genres: PNR
Pages: 256
Format: eBook
Source: Advance Reader Copy
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She has burned through lifetimes alone.
In the hidden realm of Ashmorra, immortal berserkatrix Olyssa Drachenveil, Queen of Dragons, has spent centuries bound to a cruel grant eternal life to a mortal firebrand in the heat of her flames or watch him perish. But any man she’s ignited has died screaming. She’s vowed never to test another.He must survive her fire.
Taron Locke, brilliant historian and secret dragon slayer, has spent his life preparing to end the creature who murdered his father. A legend cloaked in beauty and ruin. When he summons her with ancient chains, he intends to end her reign, not fall under her spell. But the moment they meet, everything combusts. A battle. A bond. A kiss that could burn an empire to ash.In war, desire is the most dangerous blaze.
As ancient enemies rise and Olyssa’s crown—and heart—hang in the balance, she must decide whether to defy destiny or surrender to it. And Taron must destroy the queen he was born to hate… or become the firebrand destined to love her for eternity.
Yessss! Another book in this series!
Queen Olyssa is a dragon berserker (shifters are what happen when the berserkers let go of their morals/inhibitions, so she’s a berserker, but there are dragon shifters). Once upon a time she fell in love with a human. To give her true love the gift of immortality, meaning he would be her firebrand, her one true mate, she has to burn him…and he has to survive. She doesn’t want to do this, but he convinces her to burn him and he dies. For centuries, his descendants call to her to only fall in love with her and have her burn them. They’ve even got magical chains that allow them to bring her directly where they are, and capture her. And after so many centuries of this, when the latest Locke descendant calls to her with the chains, it’s to kill her, not love her.
Taron Locke is a professor, but he’s also a dragon slayer. His whole life has been leading up to the moment where he can kill Queen Olyssa. But the trick he uses to bind them so he can always find her has side effect. They can now feel each other, and it turns out, they’re crazy attracted to each other. So they do their best to ignore the bond, and the attraction, but that doesn’t last for long.
Even as he falls in love with Olyssa, her dead father, the former king who she killed, has resurrected and is causing trouble.
Both Taron and Olyssa have to work together, fight their attraction for each other, fight against enemies they didn’t see coming, and somehow save the kingdom all without falling in love. Piece of cake!
This is the type of book I really enjoy. I miss Paranormal Romance like this. Jill Monroe and Gena Showalter excel at the fun banter, the sexual tension, the romance, I really love this team! I enjoy the snark, the battles, the magic, the characters, both good and bad; I guess I’m 100% the target audience for this series!
I loved the twist at the end, and I enjoyed every second of this book!
