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Oath of Betrayal

by Olena Nikitin

🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate·spoiler·The Broken Bonds #1

Why Read This?

You'll experience a cathartic journey of healing and power reclamation amidst epic world-building and intense emotional stakes.

Synopsis

⚔A multi-POV slow-burn romantic epic fantasy with a dark Slavic twist, unique magic, dragons, forced proximity, and enchanting world-building. Perfect for fans of The Bridge Kingdom, Blood and Steel and The Witcher⚔ The dragon chose her. The rider would claim her. The fae would use her. To fight for herself, she may have to watch the world burn. Sole survivor of a magical catastrophe that fractured the Barrier and killed the men she loved, Annika swore never to take another bond. To stay hidden from those who crave her power, she fakes her death and vanishes into obscurity. But her magic is restless. A dragon haunts her dreams, and monsters are slipping through the cracks in the Barrier her magic created. When a brutal attack forces her hand, Annika reveals the truth she’s fought to bury—drawing the attention of the ruthless Commander of the Dragon Riders and his dark fae Necromancer. Both are men of war, forged in blood and duty. Their touch may be gentle, their eyes kind, but to them, she is a weapon—the first woman ever chosen by a dragon, whose magic cannot be contained by one bond alone. Torn between the Commander, who ignites her power, and the Necromancer, who tempers its inferno, Annika must decide if her heart can bear another bond... If she denies it, the Barrier will fall, and the kingdom she swore to protect will burn to ash. ------------------------------------------ Tropes & Vibes Unusual romance, slow burn to spice, forced proximity Dragon bond • soul-shard/anchor magic • necromancer/dragon rider MMC Grief healing • duty vs. freedom • found family riders Multi-POV • epic stakes • Slavic-inspired worldbuilding The series contains adult M/F content, and further in the series, you will find M/F/M and M/M pairings, as well as coarse language and injury detail. Suitable for readers 18+

At a Glance

3.95 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

captive romancecontract/transactional romanceforced proximity

Mood

darkintenseemotionalmysteriousbrooding

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

3.95 ★

Page Count

458 pages

Published

2024

Primary Genre

Romantasy

Pairing

M/F

POV

Multi-POV

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

No

Format

Standard

Narrator Count

Single

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
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Mood & Vibe

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Characters

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Spice Details 🌶️

emotional / loving sign in to unlock

deathemotional abusekidnappingptsdtraumaviolenceabandonmentcaptivitydubious consentgriefwar

World & Setting

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Reading Context

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