Is she strong enough to help her Royal Crystal Dragon take down his King?A magical accident has left Layla’s Crystal Dragon lover Dusk in stasis. Awakening with new power, he decides to go after his King – the man who oppressed his people for centuries.Unparalleled in ruthlessness, the Crystal Dragon King will stop at nothing to bury his rival. And when Dusk moves to take the throne, Layla and … take the throne, Layla and her Royal Dragons are thrust into danger.
When blood flows, will she be strong enough to help her Crystal Dragon overthrow his King?
Or will she fail – costing everyone far more than their lives?
A #1 Amazon Bestselling series in Fantasy & Futuristic Romance and Paranormal Romance with over 5 million pages read, the Royal Dragon Shifters of Morocco is a billionaire reverse harem dragon shifter paranormal fantasy romance with HFN endings – perfect for fans of KF Breene, Charlene Hartnady, Ruby Dixon, Ilona Andrews, Renee Rose, Evangeline Anderson, Gena Showalter, Ava Mason, and The Dragon Kings.
For the best experience, the books should be read in sequence.
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I received this book as an ARC. Okay again I love this book. I’m really looking forward to seeing Hunter get his. Especially after finding out he was behind all of their heartache. I really love the characters but love Dusk and Rhennic the most. Can’t wait for the next book.
Walk like an Egyptian!
May contain spoilers! Proceed with caution!!
Normally I try very hard not to spoil anything for a reader, so I promise to leave some surprises!
First off, Dusk is my absolute favorite of Layla’s bound men, so naturally I was quite excited when I read the title of this installment of the series. Anything crystal dragon related, count me in! In this book we travel to Egypt and learn loads about Dusk and his former clan. We also travel to Prague and meet the crystal dragon King Marcus.
Other notable tidbits: Layla’s bind magic, some sexy time, and a little bit about the Crimson Circle.
Overall, it’s got everything! Action, sexy time, mystery, and of course some amazing sassiness from our leading lady!
Can’t wait for the next book!
Oh where to start……Well I loved this whole series, I could not put it down.
The whole concept of the Red Letter Hotels is fantastic and unique. A hotel that caters to any needs of the elite supernatural community and that the courtesans are one of the higher ranking employees was a nice touch.
I think the world development of the series as a whole was particularly amazing. In the series it takes you to many places and each one is well developed that you can see it in your minds eye.
I did want to smack Adrian when I found out he tricked her and originally had not the greatest intentions. I absolutely loved that the author did not just have Layla forgive him just because of this mystical bond that he had to work for her and actually open up to win her love. Yes the bond was there pushing and pulling them together but it was not the sole thing to their relationship.
I did enjoy that each book focused on 1 of Layla’s men more so than the others so there was great details and background into each. And it was a great twist that her bff that she almost killed turned out to be a dragon…But that he did not end up as one of her final mates. I thought that was awesome. It was a twist I did not see coming.
All in all amazing series and would recommend over and over.
Steaminess everywhere in this one, which I LOVE. Again so much going on and I love every minute of being on the edge of my seat. I am totally addicted to this series and can’t choose a favorite from the harem. I love her interactions with each but this story was great because it focused on one and how they all come together to support. Overall another outstanding book by Ava Ward!
This is a great addition to this series. This book has great characters and suspense. I didn’t want to put it down.
OH MY GOODNESS! I could not put it down. The fifth book in the Royal Dragon Shifters of Morocco series is a page turner from the first to the last. Seeing Layla and her bound men get even closer in their unbreakable bond was a whole experience. I love their love beyond the physical. The whole you mess with one you mess with them all flow. They are becoming a force to be reckoned with. The team goes to bat for Dusk to be his true self and in his rightful position among his people. The bind gains new powers and secret weapons to wield in their fight to stay alive and together as a whole. Action and loving packed read that’s over before you blink. Get on board with the series you won’t regret it.
~Queen Nuba~
Fifth book in the story and it continues to be scintillating. The crystal dragon awakes from his healing sleep and the adventure begins as he goes on quest to find his destiny and past. The Royal binds are with him, against enormously powerful opponent. As always, exciting plot, lots of heat and magic from beginning till end. It is not really a standalone so recommend reading earlier books first. Can’t wait for next story…
OUTSTANDING paranormal Novel and an absolute MUST-READ
Having just finished reading CRYSTAL DRAGON KING by author Ava Ward, I have to admit to wanting to kiss this creative and prolific author while wanting to strangle her as well. For those of you who have not yet met author Ava Ward, she is the writer behind A RED LETTER HOTEL PARANORMAL ROMANCE. The title gives away the primary information, but what romance readers will also want to know this:
At last count (February 2020) there are 5 standalone novels in the series with the promise of at least one more.
It is a paranormal romance with dragons, and the romance is real!
Each novel has been better than the ones which preceded it (IMHO).
Some scenes get pretty STEAMY and explicit, so only readers 18 and over, please.
This author keeps her facts straight, the angst tight, and the action non-stop.
Each novel is 300-350 pages – so readers get a superb value for the price!
Author Ava Ward’s A RED LETTER HOTEL is a series of phenomenal paranormal romances that I have adored reading. However, it is the profound effect this last novel, CRYSTAL DRAGON KING, has wrought on my psyche that I must share the depth of emotion the story has pulled from me as well as confessing how deep my attachment to the characters of Dusk, Layla and Adrian has become. After all these characters have been through during their relative young (in Dragon years) lives; all they have survived, all they’ve had to sacrifice, all that they have denied themselves, and all they have had to fight for reaches this amazing pinnacle – a victory of immense worth, a victory so compelling, so encompassing that the entire world, both human and that of the Twilight Realm have been holding a collective breath awaiting its outcome – and then it ends like this? A victorious inhale, which a week later and thousands of miles in distance, only now has dared to begin an exhale in relief. Then to have that snatched away . . . I don’t even have the words right now. All I can do is identify how Ms. Ward using her impeccably erudite prose weaved a story so compelling and so complex that here it is a week later, and I still find fault with everything I’ve written in an effort to describe CRYSTAL DRAGON KING. It is my favorite of the series so far. It is a standalone novel written in a world from author Ward’s creative imagination. A world and circumstances that during the reading becomes a realm this reader becomes lost inside. How Ms. Ward is able to keep all of the characters learning, growing, fluid – yet staying true to their roles boggles the mind and is even more complementary if readers understand that she has done the same with a host of secondary characters as well. Additionally, I love that Adrian, Layla, and Dusk continue to move together as an insular group to take out tyrannical leaders. Each of the previous novels has possessed this within the mix of their action, but I love that good wins the day. I am in absolute awe and must admit that I would love to give CRYSTAL DRAGON KING TEN STARs if I could. But I can’t. However, I voluntarily read a copy of CRYSTAL DRAGON KING, and this is my VOLUNTARY and HONEST 5+STAR review. I STRONGLY suggest that you purchase your copy of CRYSTAL DRAGON KING right away. Even if this the first novel you read – you will love the stories about Ava Ward’s A RED LETTER HOTEL. Happy pages! .
Loved everything about this book! I was lost in the story from the very first page. This was one of those books that you can’t put down. So glad that Ava gave us an awesome story for Dusk. I love the Royal Dragons of Morocco series and can’t wait for the next book. I was given an ARC and am voluntarily reviewing it.
What a wonderfully Steamy Dragon book from Ava Ward with SEX right off the bat! So much great sex all over the place, oh my goodness. This book is all about Dusk, my favorite dragon, and all he goes through after coming out of stasis and months without seeing Layla his dragon bind. He is stronger and more sexy then before but all that energy and the many earthquakes he creates can not be hidden from his Crystal Dragon King in Prague. Before you know it Dusk is summoned by the king to go to Prague. At this point I had been happily reading along enjoying the reunion and the fun everyone was having. But as soon as Dusk received the summons I had to put the book down for a day. I didn’t want the good times to end and I just knew it was going to be bad for Layla, Dusk and Adrian. They were walking into danger most sevier. But I bit the bullet and dove back in again to witness an all clans rally like nothing before and steadied myself for the testing Dusk would be going through. That is all I’ll say about what happened because it was intense. Ms. Wards descriptions of the crystal palace in Prague and Dusk home land in Egypt are amazingly beautiful, very rich in color. She has created another great sequel to her reverse harem dragon series. This set of books I will keep forever to be read over and over. They are that yummy and fun. I was given a free ARC copy by the author in exchange for an honest review.
This book was given by the author in exchange for a honest review. This review can contain some spoilers. You have been warned.
We start this book a few weeks after Dusk was put in hibernation in a crystal coffin. Layla and Adrian are enjoying a deserved vacation for Valentine’s Day when they get the news that Dusk is awake and is destroying Adrian’s palace in his dragon form. After Layla and Adrian manage to calm him down and make him human again, they discover he has been dreaming about restoring his clan again. But that makes him a target since King Markus Ambrose won’t let anyone takes his throne.
This book is a lot more “calmer” than the last one but in compensation we have much more steamy moments. And we finally have the threesome that Mrs Ward has been hinting since the second book. My only complain is we didn’t got much Reginald in this book too ): He has been missing for a while since he has been staying with his clan, but I just hope he doesn’t leave the bind. And in the end we a got a little plot twist that probably will make the story more interesting in the 6th book.
Mrs Ward nailed again with her story and her characters and I can’t wait to see what we will have next!
This is the 5th book in the reverse harem series and I do believe this is the strongest book so far. I really enjoyed reading this book primarily because as a character Dusk Alrohaim is one of my very favourite characters and also because in this book we see Dusk coming into his own. As he surfaces from a magical coma he was thrown into, he comes out stronger than ever and decides he wants to take on the tyrannical crystal dragon King who had been making crystal dragon clans’ lives all over the world a misery. However the King was ancient and mighty and with many tricks up his sleeve and Dusk was having doubts whether he would be able to carry his intent through without endangering all the members in their bind. Adrian and Layla were behind him in his effort and they travelled together to Egypt, Dusk’s family home to start putting the ruins back in place at the crystal plateau and Dusk sent out his resonance inviting other dragons to join his new clan as their first, but of course King Marcus felt the resonance and called him for his trials in Prague. Once there Layla, Adrian and Dusk discover horrors undreamed of and face dangers which brought them all close to their death! I found this book to be not only the sizzling hot and sexy read the whole series has been so far, but also one full of tension and excitement as Dusk fights to right an enormous wrong which has been done to Crystal Dragons everywhere. I love that the bind gives them all strength and that they are growing by sharing one another’s powers. Ava Ward writes a story of love, and lust and courage beautifully and with great finesse and class and I find myself already craving the next book!
Great continuation of the series. It is just as full of emotion and suspense as the previous books and leaves you spellbound until the very end.
So much annoying withholding of vital information, sexual teasing, and frustration. The people who are supposed to protect and love her the most dangerously withhold crucially-important information and then let her fly away in a hurt huff when they don’t just believe something bad could happen but know it inevitably will, but the author does it anyway to burn her last bridges to “normal life.” Ugh. If you like teasers to draw you through a series, you might like this. If you like the setup for an extended reverse harem, go for it. Otherwise, don’t fall for the beautiful cover and save yourself a lot of frustration.