Death Before Dragons Series by Lindsay Buroker

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  • Mist and Magic (Death Before Dragons #0.5)
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    Mist and Magic (Death Before Dragons #0.5)

    Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings · published 2020

    As a freelance assassin, Val Thorvald leads a dangerous life.She’s learned not to stay in the same place for long and not to get too attached to anything. For example, she would never consider adopting a pet.But when she’s searching for a missing friend, she finds an abandoned silver tiger cub.The magical feline is clearly from another realm, but Val has no idea which one or how to send it back. All she knows is that it’s the only witness to her friend's kidnapping... more

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  • Sinister Magic (Death Before Dragons #1)
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    Sinister Magic (Death Before Dragons #1)

    Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    · 29 ratings · published 2020

    I’m Val Thorvald, and I’m an assassin. When magical bad guys hurt people, I take care of them. Permanently. This doesn’t make me popular with the rest of the magical community—as you can tell from the numerous break-ins and assassination attempts I’ve endured over the years. But thanks to my half-elven blood, a powerful sword named Chopper, and a telepathic tiger with an attitude, I’ve always been able to handle my problems with aplomb... more

  • Battle Bond: An Urban Fantasy Dragon Series (Death Before Dragons #2)
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    Battle Bond: An Urban Fantasy Dragon Series (Death Before Dragons #2)

    Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    · 25 ratings · published 2020

    If you think having one dragon around messes up your life, imagine what it’s like when a second one shows up. I’m Val Thorvald, assassin of magical bad guys and tenuous ally to the dragon lord Zav. He still calls me a mongrel and thinks I’m a criminal, but he healed my wounds after we fought those dark elves together. That’s progress, right? Maybe one day, he’ll deign to use my name. Not that this is my primary concern. I’m busy with a new assignment... more

  • Tangled Truths (Death Before Dragons #3)
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    Tangled Truths (Death Before Dragons #3)

    Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    · 26 ratings · published 2020

    Dealing with dragons is hard. Dealing with a teenage daughter is even harder.My new mission involves both. Weird things are happening in Northern Idaho, and my boss is sending me to investigate. Unfortunately, my daughter and ex-husband are vacationing in the town that’s at the center of the trouble. Coincidence? Or is someone targeting them to get at me?I’m a wanted woman right now. Not only by the criminal werewolves, orcs, and trolls that I’m often hired to kill... more

  • Death Before Dragons (Death Before Dragons #1-3)
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    Death Before Dragons (Death Before Dragons #1-3)

    Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 2021

    I’m Val Thorvald, and I kill bad guys for a living.My half-elven blood, magical sword, and telepathic tiger give me an edge, at least against most villains. But when dragons show up in Seattle, the city is in serious trouble—and so am I. Dragons are bigger, stronger, and more powerful than anything I’ve battled, and they don’t appreciate it when you sass them.Just ask Lord Zavryd’nokquetal... more

  • Elven Doom (Death Before Dragons #4)
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    Elven Doom (Death Before Dragons #4)

    Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    · 22 ratings · published 2020

    Dragons make life complicated. Extremely complicated.After returning from Idaho, I was hoping to have time to figure things out with Zav—also known as Lord Zavryd, the dragon who claimed me as his mate without asking—but the dark elves are up to their old tricks again.Actually, they’re up to far more deadly tricks, using more powerful magic than I knew existed. I have no idea how I’m going to stop them, but if I can’t, my entire city and everybody I care about could be obliterated... more

  • The Forbidden Ground (Death Before Dragons #4.5)
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    The Forbidden Ground (Death Before Dragons #4.5)

    Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings · published 2020

    In "The Forbidden Ground," Val and Dimitri (and Sindari and Zav) take a trip to Southern Oregon for an assignment that is not as simple as it seems. In the bonus scenes, we take a look at several events from the first three novels in the Death Before Dragons series from Lord Zavryd's point of view. For the first time ever, we see what he was thinking while interacting with Val and the world at large... more

  • False Security (Death Before Dragons #5)
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    False Security (Death Before Dragons #5)

    Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    · 22 ratings · published 2020

    I never thought I would date a dragon, or feed him chicken strips late at night, but life has gotten interesting.My steady dragon—you may know him as Lord Zavryd’nokquetal, but I get to call him Zav—is offering to take me to the elven homeland to meet my father and learn to harness the magic in my blood.Sure, I’m wary about his plans to force the elves to train me, but I need every advantage I can get... more

  • Storm Forged: An Urban Fantasy Novel (Death Before Dragons #6)
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    Storm Forged: An Urban Fantasy Novel (Death Before Dragons #6)

    Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    · 21 ratings · published 2020

    Moving into a rundown Victorian house with a vampire living in the basement isn’t as bad as I thought, but things go from weird to weirder when a badly injured gnome collapses in my back yard.The surprising part? It’s my friend Nin’s long-lost grandfather.Since he’s unconscious, we can’t figure out who’s chasing him, or where he’s been all these years, but if we can’t help him, he’ll die.To make matters worse, there’s a new dragon in town. A female dragon... more

  • The Box (Death Before Dragons #6.5)
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    The Box (Death Before Dragons #6.5)

    Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings · published 2020

    This is a bonus scene with Val, Dimitri, and Sindari. Someone is getting in a box, but you’ll have to read on to see who it is.The scene takes place after Storm Forged (Death Before Dragons Book 6) but there are only a couple of mentions of things that happened in Book 6, so you can also read The Box before reading Storm Forged.

  • Secrets of the Sword 1 (Death Before Dragons #7)
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    Secrets of the Sword 1 (Death Before Dragons #7)

    Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    · 18 ratings · published 2020

    After helping my steady dragon Zav with his family problems, I thought life would get back to normal. As normal as it can be when you’re a hit woman responsible for hunting down bad guys.That was before a strange artifact showed up in a bog and turned my ancient dwarven sword into a magical beacon. Now my enemies can sense it from hundreds of miles away. More than that, every club-toting, over-muscled orc, ogre, and troll who would like a magic sword can sense it... more

  • Secrets of the Sword II (Death Before Dragons #8)
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    Secrets of the Sword II (Death Before Dragons #8)

    Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    · 18 ratings · published 2020

    For ten years, I’ve been using a magical sword that I won in battle to ruthlessly slay enemies, break evil artifacts, and open stubborn pickle jars, but I don’t know much about it.That’s about to change.Thanks to the fact that I’m dating a powerful dragon, I can get a ride to the dwarven home world, and we’re going to research the sword's roots. Not that I care much about its history, mind you, but several allies and enemies have suggested it can do a lot more than whack things... more

  • Secrets of the Sword III (Death Before Dragons #9)
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    Secrets of the Sword III (Death Before Dragons #9)

    Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    · 20 ratings · published 2021

    I’m Val Thorvald, tough butt-kicking assassin and soon-to-be wife of Lord Zavryd'nokquetal. He’s a dragon from another world, and he’s haughty, arrogant, and has horrible taste in footwear, but I love him. Our wedding is going to be amazing.At least… I’d like to think so. But when the coffee shop I’m a co-owner of gets bombed, our youngest employee goes missing, and the entire elven family I didn’t know I had shows up for a visit, my wedding preparations take an alarming turn... more

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