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Reading Order - Fireblood Dragon
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Reading Order - Fireblood Dragon

Ruby Dixon

๐Ÿ’• Claudia & Kael (Book 1) + 10 more couples

From the same universe as Ice Planet Barbarians, but with dragons. Seven years ago, a rift tore open in the sky and the world burned to ash. Through that rift came the drakoni: dragon warriors who can shift into human form, but who are cursed with a bloodthirsty madness that only quiets when they find their fated mate. On a post-apocalyptic Earth where humanity survives hidden in forts, human women are the only cure for a drakoni's mind. Each book follows a different couple: a broken dragon and the woman who becomes his anchor. Fated mates, post-apocalyptic sci-fi romance, possessive dragons and a guaranteed HEA.

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Reading style ยท Interconnected standalones

Each book can be read on its own, but characters appear across stories.

Editor's note: Fireblood Dragon reads best in publication order. Each book is a standalone centered on a different couple, but they share the same post-apocalyptic world and characters reappear from one book to the next, especially since many heroines are connected (sisters, friends from the same fort). The saga's villain, the drakoni Azar, is built up across several books until his arc closes in Dark Fire (#10). Note: Fire In Her Eyes (#7) is the only exception with reversed roles, a human hero and a dragon heroine. The Dragon's Favorite Strays (#11) is a later cozy standalone with found family and rescued animals, set after the end of the main series. This universe is connected to Ice Planet Barbarians, Icehome and Ice Planet Clones within the Rubyverse (the drakoni also appear in Icehome).

Reading order

Fire In His Blood#1

Fire In His Blood

Ruby Dixon

โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…4/5

๐Ÿ’• Claudia & Kael

The book that opens the series. Years ago, the sky tore open and the world was destroyed in a storm of fire and ash. Dragons, once only legend, are now real: violent and unpredictable, they rule the skies of the ruined cities, forcing humanity to hide behind barricades. Claudia is a survivor who gets by however she can in a hard, dangerous world. When she runs afoul of the law, she's left as bait in dragon territory. She has only one chance to survive: somehow she has to tame a dragon and make it obey her. Except the dragon who finds her, Kael, is as wild and brutal as any other, and he has no interest in obeying. What he's interested in is a mate.

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โœ“ Can be read as a standalone

โš  Content warnings

Post-apocalyptic sci-fi romance, dragon shifter, fated mates, dystopian world, violence, possessive hero, explicit sexual content, breeding kink, guaranteed HEA.

Fire In His Kiss#2

Fire In His Kiss

Ruby Dixon

โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…3.5/5

๐Ÿ’• Sasha & Dakh

Bloodlust and madness rule Dakh's existence. As a fierce drakoni warrior, this strange new world eats away at his mind until nothing of his sanity remains. Sasha was fleeing the city with Claudia when she falls at the worst possible moment: injured, with a broken arm and several broken ribs, she's left at the mercy of a maddened dragon. But when Dakh finds her broken and alone, something shifts in him: recognizing her as his mate, his mind begins to clear for the first time in ages. He takes her to his nest atop a high-rise and decides this human will be his in every way. One of the most intense couples in the series.

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โœ“ Can be read as a standalone

โš  Content warnings

Post-apocalyptic sci-fi romance, dragon shifter, fated mates, hero on the edge of madness, violence, physical injuries, explicit sexual content, guaranteed HEA.

Fire In His Embrace#3

Fire In His Embrace

Ruby Dixon

โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…3/5

๐Ÿ’• Emma & Zohr

There's only one way to tame a dragon. Emma Arroyo knows this. She also knows that the big golden dragon captured by her brother's biker gang is in trouble, and it's all her fault: Zohr followed her scent, the scent of his fated mate, and that's how they caught him. Emma can't leave without him. But the dragon's mind is wild and full of uncontrollable, killing rage. There's no reasoning with him, and no freeing him while he's like this. There's only one way out: a mating. When Emma approaches Zohr to claim him as hers, she discovers what it means to be a dragon's mate, and just how fiercely possessive a drakoni male can be.

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โœ“ Can be read as a standalone

โš  Content warnings

Post-apocalyptic sci-fi romance, dragon shifter, fated mates, captivity, violent biker gang, possessive hero, explicit sexual content, guaranteed HEA.

Fire In His Fury#4

Fire In His Fury

Ruby Dixon

โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…4/5

๐Ÿ’• Amy & Rast

Amy is Claudia's younger sister: a dreamer, romantic and optimistic despite everything the post-apocalyptic world has taken from her. Rast is a drakoni fighting to keep his inner fury in check. When they resonate, Amy discovers that being a dragon's mate means facing both the tenderness and the ferocity of a being who wants her above all else. One of the fandom's favorite stories, with a sweet heroine and an intense hero who learns to channel his fire. Amy also lives with a disability, and her arc is one of the most beloved in the saga.

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โœ“ Can be read as a standalone

โš  Content warnings

Post-apocalyptic sci-fi romance, dragon shifter, fated mates, heroine with a disability (Amy), violence, possessive hero, explicit sexual content, guaranteed HEA.

Fire In His Spirit#5

Fire In His Spirit

Ruby Dixon

โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…3/5

๐Ÿ’• Gwen & Vann

Gwen never wanted to be a leader, but when no one else stepped up, she took on the role. As mayor of post-apocalyptic Fort Shreveport, she's made decisions to protect her people, and most of them have backfired disastrously. When she discovers that the dangerous golden dragon lurking outside the fort has chosen her as his mate, guilt-ridden Gwen thinks the best thing she can do is confront him and take him far from the city to save her sister, her friends and her fort. She doesn't expect to understand the dragon. And she certainly doesn't expect to fall in love. A mature heroine and a hero who teaches her to forgive herself.

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โœ“ Can be read as a standalone

โš  Content warnings

Post-apocalyptic sci-fi romance, dragon shifter, fated mates, guilt-ridden leader heroine, violence, sacrifice, explicit sexual content, guaranteed HEA.

Fire In His Veins#6

Fire In His Veins

Ruby Dixon

โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…4.5/5

๐Ÿ’• Andrea & Liam

I've wanted Andrea since the moment I saw her. The question is: what happens if I give in to my dragon? Will I take her as my mate, or tear her throat out? Liam is torn between his humanity and the beast within, terrified of hurting the woman his heart and instinct claim. Andrea, a close friend of Gwen's, has survived long enough to know that trusting is dangerous, but the connection with Liam is impossible to deny. A story of restrained desire and of a hero who must learn to master his dragon side before it masters him.

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โœ“ Can be read as a standalone

โš  Content warnings

Post-apocalyptic sci-fi romance, dragon shifter, fated mates, slow burn tension, hero who fears losing control, violence, explicit sexual content, guaranteed HEA.

Fire In Her Eyes#7

Fire In Her Eyes

Ruby Dixon

โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…4/5

๐Ÿ’• Gabe & Teva

The series' only story with reversed roles. For months, Gabe has been hunted by a red dragon. The females of the invading drakoni are fierce, vicious and as ruthless as they are wild. Teva hunts him wherever he goes, and he's not even safe behind the walls of a fort. There's only one thing Gabe can do to stop her: take her as his mate. But to win the heart of a female dragon, he first has to conquer her, no easy task for a human man. Teva is worth the challenge. A fandom favorite for its novelty: human hero, dragon heroine.

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โœ“ Can be read as a standalone

โš  Content warnings

Post-apocalyptic sci-fi romance, dragon shifter, fated mates, reversed roles (dragon heroine, human hero), violence, pursuit, explicit sexual content, guaranteed HEA.

Fire In His Chaos#8

Fire In His Chaos

Ruby Dixon

โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…4/5

๐Ÿ’• Rachel & Jurik

In dangerous Fort Dallas, Rachel is untouchable. She's learned to survive under the shadow of the absolute control wielded by Azar, the drakoni who rules the fort. Jurik is a dragon who arrives to disrupt that fragile balance, and when he sets his eyes on Rachel, chaos erupts. Amid power games, secrets and the constant threat of Azar, Rachel and Jurik will have to find a way to survive and claim their place. A book that deepens the arc of the series' main villain and sets the stage for the great final showdown.

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โœ“ Can be read as a standalone

โš  Content warnings

Post-apocalyptic sci-fi romance, dragon shifter, fated mates, untouchable heroine in the fort, lurking villain (Azar), violence, explicit sexual content, guaranteed HEA.

Fire In Her Dreams#9

Fire In Her Dreams

Ruby Dixon

โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…3.5/5

๐Ÿ’• Jenny & M'hal

The penultimate book in the series. Jenny's dreams have turned to nightmares. Every night, her mind fills with evil; something reaches for her from the darkness, and she's not sure she wants to answer. Until someone new appears in her dreams: someone who protects her, comforts her and thinks of her as his mate. Imaginary friends aren't real, but Jenny likes to pretend anyway. Until one day, one of the mindless dragons guarding the fort awakens, and Jenny discovers the friend from her dreams wasn't a figment of her imagination. He's a dragon. And he's coming to claim his female.

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โœ“ Can be read as a standalone

โš  Content warnings

Post-apocalyptic sci-fi romance, dragon shifter, fated mates, dream connection, nightmares, bonding forced by the villain, explicit sexual content, pregnancy, guaranteed HEA.

Dark Fire#10

Dark Fire

Ruby Dixon

โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…4.5/5

๐Ÿ’• Azar & Melina

The main series finale. Azar has taken control of Fort Dallas. Throughout the series he's been the villain: cruel, manipulative and ruthless with everyone but himself. Now, in the final book, it's his turn to face resonance. Melina becomes the fated mate of the most feared drakoni in the saga, and her story ties up all the threads woven across the earlier books. An extreme enemies-to-lovers, with the series' most hated villain at the center of the story, and the ending readers had been waiting for.

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โœ“ Can be read as a standalone

โš  Content warnings

Post-apocalyptic sci-fi romance, dragon shifter, fated mates, main series finale, redeemed villain (Azar), violence, explicit sexual content, guaranteed HEA.

The Dragon's Favorite Strays#11

The Dragon's Favorite Strays

Ruby Dixon

๐Ÿ’• Dakota & Murr

A cozy standalone set after the end of the series. Dakota is a world-weary single mom who trusts no one, least of all a big naked dragon-man with a friendly smile and a kitten in his arms. Murr, however, is determined to earn her trust. As the two get to know each other, their strange family of rescued animals keeps growing. Home is where your family is, and they're determined to build a new one amid the ruins. A story low on plot and high on tenderness, with found family, rescued animals and all the warmth of the Fireblood universe.

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โœ“ Can be read as a standalone

โš  Content warnings

Post-apocalyptic sci-fi romance, dragon shifter, cozy standalone, single mom, found family, rescued animals, low on plot and high on cozy vibes, explicit sexual content, guaranteed HEA.

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