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- Content warnings: War, Violence, Sexual assault (referenced), Pregnancy / childbirth, Injury detail, Grief, Death, Torture, Slavery, Alcohol use, Sexual content
The Fiery Cross
by Diana Gabaldon
Book 5 in Outlander
A married couple still this devastating to each other 25 years and five books in is the whole reason people never leave this series.
goodreads 4.26/5 229,730 ratings
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Length1,443 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingSlow
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Established relationship
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Book hangover
- War general / commander
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- Protective love interest
- Emotional / loving
- The swoon
- Hurt/comfort
- Romantic fulfillment
- Found family
- Earned hope
- Only soft for them
- Found family feels
Fantasy promise
- Historical romance
- Time travel romance
- Desert / frontier
- Historical
- Humans only
- Marriage of convenience
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- Survival romance
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Slow
- Epic
- Lush
- Heavy
- Healer
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- Older MC (40+)
- Romantic
- Immersive
- Older love interest (LI) (40+)
- Dramatic
- Adventurous
- Emotional
- Atmospheric
- Yearning
- War-torn kingdom
- The long game
- Protect at all costs
- Series binge material
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Book details
- Length
- 1,443 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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