Bull Moon Rising

By: Ruby Dixon

Narrated by: Felicity Munroe, Hiro Diaz

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In a world of magical artifacts and fantastical beings, a woman determined to save her family joins forces with an unlikely partner—a minotaur—in this steamy romantasy by USA Today bestselling author Ruby Dixon.

As a Holder’s daughter, Aspeth Honori knows the importance of magical artifacts . . . which is why it’s a disaster that her father has gambled all theirs away. Now that her family is in danger of losing their hold—and their heads—if anyone finds out the truth, Aspeth decides to do something about it. She’ll join the Royal Artifactual Guild and the adventurers who explore ancient underground ruins to retrieve the coveted arcane items.

It’s a great plan—with one big problem. The guild won’t let her train because she’s a woman. Aspeth needs a chaperone of some kind. The best way to get around this problem? Marry someone who will let her become an apprentice. Who better than a surly guild member who requires a favor of his own? He’s a minotaur (it’s fine) who is her teacher (also fine) . . . and he’s about to go into rut (which is where it gets tricky). He also has no idea she’s a noble (oops), and he’ll want nothing to do with her if he discovers her real identity.

Now Aspeth just has to pass the guild tests, thwart a fortune hunter, and save her hold—oh, and survive a rut with her monstrous, horned husband, whom she might be falling in love with.

It’s time to dig deep. Literally.

©2024 Ruby Dixon (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"Ruby Dixon can do it all: she builds a stunning world, creates compelling, lovable characters, and then hits me with the minotaur smut I always knew I wanted. I came for the monster sex, but what really drew me in is a beautifully poignant story of found family, in which two outcasts team up to take on a broken system and fall in love in the process. (I mean, the monster smut drew me in, too...) This better be the first in a whole series, because I am OBSESSED with everyone. Bull Moon Rising is simply glorious, and Ruby Dixon and The Sacred Knot have my whole heart!"—Ali Hazelwood, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"A steamy marriage of convenience featuring all the unusual anatomy Dixon’s fans expect. The worldbuilding is well done and the love story convincing. Dixon should win a whole new set of readers with this."—Publishers Weekly

“This steamy paranormal fantasy romance is filled with found family and sweet characters.”—Shelf Awareness

Fun story!

Ruby does it again with this interesting storyline and realistic, engaging characters. Leaning more along the lines of fantasy, Bull Moon Rising toys with us Indiana Jones fan generation by rolling the goings on of an archaeological guild with a bookish female lead and a Minotaur love interest. Excellent, fun, and steamy too!

As always Ruby has outdone herself 🩷

Such a great story! Definitely more plot heavy than some of her other books but I actually really enjoyed that! Such great world building (per usual) and the characters were so great!!!! Lower spicy than some of her other stuff but once it happened it was spicy and (k)naughty 😉!

Loved it!

As a Ruby Dixon fan, I was pretty excited for this book. It did not disappoint. Honestly it even exceeded my expectations. You can tell that a lot of care went into creating these characters and this world. The romance had me giggling and blushing. Loved it!

Loved this new series; Awesome performance

If you like Ruby Dixon then you’ll love this book. It’s an entirely new series, and I can’t wait for her to write more. Read other reviews if u wanna know plot stuff, no spoilers over here. Anyways, it’s the first book of hers that’s not on Kindle Unlimited that I know of, and I’ve read all 1939484848448 of her other books, but it’s worth it. So glad that the audiobook came out the same day as the written book. The dual narration was on point. The performers read not only the MMC and FMC, but all male and female parts. I even slowed it down to 1.2 speed just to enjoy it more. Only gripe was it wasn’t whisper synced. Get this book already.

A Fun New Addition to Ruby's Great Lineup!

I have always enjoyed Ruby Dixon's creative offspring. This is my new favorite full novel-length books. I loved the FMC and her growth. The side characters were also fun and given some depth. Nicely planned plot! The narrators were great and spot on with POV switching. What a fun read! I am hoping for more in this series.

Just Wow

First of all, that is how narration should be done, just absolutely outstanding! This story is definitely out of the box from what I usually listen to, but boy I sure hope there are more stories to come in this series!

Great story

This was a great story and well performed. The characters were relatable and the author gave a good sense of place.

My New Favorite!!

This has rocketed to the top of my all time favorites!! And the twists at the end!!

Fun listen

This was a great listen that kept me hooked until the end. I see that it is part of a series, so I'll be on the lookout for the second book.

NOTE: once the steam gets going, it really gets going.

I loved it!

This was a really great book! The voice actors were superb. I really hope there are more books to come.