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Dark Olympus · Book 10

Tender Cruelty

by Katee Robert
Published
2 December 2025
Pages
336
ISBN-13
9781728284781
Type
novel
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About this book

Tender Cruelty sits between Sweet Obsession and Shattered Gods in Dark Olympus's publication order, arriving in December 2025 as the ninth entry. Like its predecessors, it pairs a new couple from Greek myth against the widening backdrop of the Thirteen's politics.

Key facts about Tender Cruelty

Katee Robert wrote Tender Cruelty, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2 December 2025. The book has 336 pages.

We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781728284781 to find the main one.

Tender Cruelty is book 10 of 11 in the Dark Olympus series. The series has 11 published books. However, the series starts with Stone Heart (2023). Shattered Gods is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 2 June 2026.

Additionally, Katee Robert writes Come Undone, The O'Malleys and Foolproof Love, plus 11 more series. Those series sit on our contemporary romance, mafia romance and romantic suspense shelves. Meanwhile, The Tarot Trials is the latest published Katee Robert book on file, from 20 October 2026.

About Katee Robert

Katee Robert is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of speculative romance, known for stories that pair mythology, fairy tale, or fantasy premises with unapologetically explicit heat. See every Katee Robert book in order.

Its place in Dark Olympus

Tender Cruelty is book 10 in the Dark Olympus series. It follows Sweet Obsession. It is followed by Shattered Gods. See the full Dark Olympus reading order.

Dark Olympus drops the Greek pantheon into Olympus, a corrupt modern city-state run by thirteen ruling families who hide behind godly titles — Zeus, Hades, Aphrodite, Ares — while they carve up power, territory and each other. Each book pairs a named couple pulled straight from myth (Hades and Persephone, Eros and Psyche, Achilles and Patroclus, Hera and Zeus) and drops them into a self-contained arranged-marriage-meets-political-thriller plot: fake relationships that turn real, marriages of convenience that…

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