# Bride by Ali Hazelwood

### Bride

**Ali Hazelwood** · Bride, book 1 (ongoing) · [https://houseofareader.com/books/bride](https://houseofareader.com/books/bride)

A vampire is married off to a werewolf alpha to hold a truce together, and spends the honeymoon investigating a disappearance instead. Paranormal romance with a contemporary voice, and much funnier than the premise suggests.

- Spice: 4/5 — Explicit. Explicit, frequent in the back half, and written with Hazelwood's usual directness.
- Romance prominence: 5/5
- Plot: 3/5
- Worldbuilding: 3/5
- Darkness: 3/5
- Writing craft: 4/5
- Burn: medium
- Tropes: fake-dating, fated-mates, touch-her-and-die, he-falls-first, forced-proximity
- Creatures: vampires, shifters
- Setting: A modern city split between human, vampire and were territories
- POV: first person
- Ending: happy ever after
- Audience: adult
- Content warnings: violence, captivity, blood, child endangerment
- Best for: Readers who want fated mates and a possessive love interest in a standalone.
- Last verified: 2026-08-28

## Sources

- https://openlibrary.org/search?q=Bride+Ali+Hazelwood

## What to read next

- [A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire](https://houseofareader.com/books/a-kingdom-of-flesh-and-fire) by Jennifer L. Armentrout — spice 5/5. Anyone who finished the first book angry and needs the next one immediately.
- [Quicksilver](https://houseofareader.com/books/quicksilver) by Callie Hart — spice 5/5. ACOTAR readers who want the same shape with the heat turned up two notches.
- [House of Earth and Blood](https://houseofareader.com/books/crescent-city) by Sarah J. Maas — spice 4/5. ACOTAR readers who want a real plot to hold the romance up.
- [Neon Gods](https://houseofareader.com/books/neon-gods) by Katee Robert — spice 5/5. Readers who want the spiciest thing on the shelf and do not need a war to justify it.

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