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- Content warnings: Violence, Death, Kidnapping, Grief, Abuse, Captivity, Medical experimentation, Torture
City in Embers
by Stacey Marie Brown
Book 1 in Collector
If you want fae romance with the slow burn turned all the way up and a heroine who earned every bit of her edge, Ryker and Zoey will hook you - no insta-anything, just two jaded survivors circling each other.
goodreads 4.09/5 9,300 ratings
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Is this story right for you?
A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length442 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Addictive read
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- Morally gray
- Forbidden love
- Tension / anticipation
- Book hangover incoming
- Mysterious stranger
- Slow burn with late spice
- Tension finally satisfied
- Warrior/fighter
- Mutual pining
- Adrenaline rush
- Protective love interest
Fantasy promise
- Urban fantasy
- Fae romance
- Big city / metropolis
- Fae
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Forced proximity
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- Survival romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Dark
- Immersive
- Moderate
- Medium
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- Survivor
- Disabled love interest (LI)
- Adventurous
- Edgy
- General badass
- Intense
- Punchy
- Mysterious
- Dangerous
- Yearning
- Addictive pacing
- Page turner
- Forbidden desire
- Enemies forced to ally
- Fae courts and politics
- Series binge material
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Book details
- Length
- 442 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book