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Phoenix Rising

by Jennifer Allis Provost

🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate·spoiler·Fire and Claw #1·Ongoing Series

Why Read This?

Rosalie goes from neglected second daughter to the wife of a fearsome dragon duke, and watching her discover her own power while Lochlyn falls for her fire is deeply satisfying. The political conspiracy adds real stakes beyond the romance, and the arranged-marriage-to-love arc hits all the right beats.

Synopsis

She’s a quiet bookworm. He’s the last dragon shifter. Together, they will bring a kingdom to its knees. Rosalie Greenwood’s been called worthless since the day she was born. The neglected second daughter of a pirate turned landowner, she spent her days hiding in her room and begging her father to send her to a convent. Her only real ally was her older sister, Caterina, but she was contracted to marry the infamous Black Duke of Dragon Ridge. Then Caterina ran away with her lover, and Rosalie was forced to marry the duke instead. Lochlyn Blackmoor was resigned to his fate. Thanks to a war he wasn’t allowed to fight in, he became the duke at fourteen, and the only dragon shifter left in Alessia. Lochlyn spent the next ten years reclaiming his family’s honor, but what he really needed was an heir. He agreed to marry out of duty, but he never expected to be swept away by Rosalie, a beauty with fire in her heart that matched his own. Once they’re home at Dragon Ridge, their marriage doesn’t go smoothly. Rosalie and Lochlyn stay on opposite sides of the castle, until the last person they expected arrived on their doorstep. Thrown together by a situation out of their control they find solace in each other, but harmony doesn’t last. After being abruptly summoned to the capital, they uncover a conspiracy linked to the legendary phoenix knights, the Order of the Sun, and learn how far the king—a weak shifter trapped in a half form for the last twenty years—is willing to go in order to keep his tenuous hold on the throne. What none of their enemies realize is that Rosalie is hiding the biggest secret of all. Phoenix Rising is a romantasy featuring arranged marriage, fated mates, and reclaiming your power.

At a Glance

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

Top Tropes

arranged marriagelast of his kindbeauty and the beast

Mood

adventurousromanticpoliticaldark undertonesempowering

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

3.12 ★

Page Count

385 pages

Published

2025

Primary Genre

Romantasy

Pairing

M/F

POV

Dual POV

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

No

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
Theme Constellation

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Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Characters

FMC: the overlooked bookworm sign in to unlock

Spice Details 🌶️

slow-building tension between arranged marriage partners sign in to unlock

parental neglect and emotional abusepolitical violenceconspiracyforced marriage (arranged by family)references to family abandonment

World & Setting

secondary fantasy world sign in to unlock

Reading Context

Deeply satisfying — Rosalie claims her power and Lochlyn finds love he never expected from an arranged match sign in to unlock

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