Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The King’s Spinster Bride | 2018 | Ruby Dixon | N/A |
| 2 | Bound to the Battle God | 2019 | Ruby Dixon | Buy |
| 3 | Sworn to the Shadow God | 2020 | Ruby Dixon | Buy |
| 4 | Wed to the Wild God | 2021 | Ruby Dixon | Buy |
| 5 | The Half-Orc’s Maiden Bride | 2022 | Ruby Dixon | N/A |
| 6 | Servant to the Spidae | 2023 | Ruby Dixon | Buy |
| 7 | The Sea-Ogre’s Eager Bride | 2025 | Ruby Dixon | Buy |
The Aspect and Anchor series by Ruby Dixon is a fantasy romance series set in a world where gods walk the earth in mortal form. Each book pairs a human woman with a powerful supernatural being, whether a battle god, shadow god, wild god, or other creature. The “anchor” is the mortal chosen to guide an exiled god through their time in the human world, and the relationship between anchor and aspect drives each story.
Dixon brings the same humor and heat from her sci-fi romance work into a fantasy setting here. The heroes are monstrous or inhuman in various ways, from half-orcs to sea ogres, which fits Dixon’s well-known love of unconventional romantic leads. Each book stands alone as its own couple’s story, but the shared world and recurring mythology give the series continuity. The series started with The King’s Spinster Bride in 2018 and has continued steadily, with The Sea-Ogre’s Eager Bride arriving in 2025.