The What He’d Burn Duology
What He’d Burn
A dark fantasy romance duology about fated mates, dangerous devotion, and the terrifying cost of being loved by a man with no limits. Two books, one bond — and no way back.
Paranormal & Dark Fantasy Romance
Devotion, when it’s dangerous.
Ella Mitchelltree writes paranormal and dark fantasy romance — fated bonds, shifters and magic, morally grey men, and heroines who discover that being loved like a myth can cost more than they were promised.
The What He’d Burn Duology · Now Complete
The Series
Romance With Teeth
The Dragon Compact
The Dragon Compact
A why-choose dragon-shifter paranormal romance series where clan law, politics, and dangerous attraction collide. Each book stands alone — but every mate bond leaves a mark.
About the Author
Meet Ella Mitchelltree
Ella Mitchelltree writes dark romance and paranormal romance with teeth. Her characters are sharp, morally questionable, and rarely sorry about it.
She reads everything she can get her hands on, but romance has always been her ride or die. When she’s not writing, she works in analytics, building predictive models and pretending that has nothing to do with how she writes people.
She lives in the Midwest with her husband, two kids, one emotionally unpredictable cat, and two dogs she never got around to training. She is constantly asking them all, “Who raised you?!”
— Ella
Praise
What Readers Are Saying
So emotionally gripping — and such an immersive world.
I read it in one sitting. Dark in all the right ways.
The narrative voice is razor-sharp — raw, visceral intensity.
From the Blog
Latest from the Blog
July 9, 2026
Bad advice: just skip the sex scenes.
& how my grandmother lied to me at an impressionable young age.
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