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- Content warnings: Sexual content, Violence, Graphic violence, Murder, Death of a parent, Death of loved one, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Trauma, Medical experimentation, Injury detail, Blood
Deal with the Devil
by Kit Rocha
Book 1 in Mercenary Librarians
Come for the mercenary librarians, stay for the dangerous partnership that keeps choosing tenderness even while the world is actively on fire.
Goodreads 3.8/5 5,438 ratings
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Length336 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice3/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- Medium
- Passionate / intense
- Romantic fulfillment
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- Warrior/fighter
- Protective love interest
- Desperate / urgent
- Adrenaline rush
- War general / commander
- Found family
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Found family feels
- Damaged survivor
- Banter
- Possessive/protective
- Push and pull
- Longing glances
- Wall pinning
Fantasy promise
- Sci-fi romance
- Forced proximity
- Big city / metropolis
- Post-apocalyptic
- Cyborgs
- Forced alliance
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- Bunker / base / compound
- Dystopian
- Other
- Survival romance
- Road trip
- Space/sci-fi
- Bodyguard/protection detail
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Fast
- Dangerous
- Witty
- Moderate
- Bookworm/scholar
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- Bisexual MC
- Romantic
- Fast-paced
- General badass
- Pansexual MC
- Gritty
- Character-driven
- Protector
- Suspenseful
- Cinematic
- Survivor
- Intense
- Survival against impossible odds
- Protect at all costs
- Page turner
- Bonds forged in war
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Book details
- Length
- 336 pages
- Publisher
- Tor Books
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book