Ancient Vengeance by Katie Reus
Ancients Rising series book 6. Dragon shifter paranormal romance. Best read as part of the series.
Stella is anxious to travel to the human realm to escape her tightly sheltered yet privileged life as the second princess. On her first mission, Stella is shot with poison and almost kidnapped by fae. Fortunately Rhodes has been following the princess and saves her. But as an assassin himself, is she still in danger? His dragon says no, and has claimed her as his own.

Engaging and seemingly fated mates, Stella and Rhodes seem to be made for each other. She’s used to having power but is temporarily disabled. He’s a self proclaimed “powerful and beautiful” dragon and is totally in love, but knows he’s not worthy. These two are a bit bumbling in mission but fully consenting adults that can’t and don’t want to keep hands or lips to themselves.
Returning couples from most of the previous books make appearances and help in some way to investigate, or house, or protect. Short appearance by Hunter who is adorable as usual.

Entertaining, a bit campy in a good way, steamy and delightful. ( )

Ancient Vengeance moves at a fast pace and that was not a lot of downtime or unnecessary plot elements in the store.The heroine was a strong lead that held her ground and grew into a strong person who could stand on her own. I enjoyed the hero, but wished we could have learned more about him (hoping for this in future books). Overall, a good read. ( )