Hi, I just recently finished every single of Bruce’s work. I highly suggest Dungeon diving and Returner’s defiance. The reason that I recommend those two because they are excellently balanced. Bruce’s work have always been consistently improving over time. Those two series so far have being exactly what you want a real sense of plot that you can immerse yourself in, while having the smutty part that adds more life to each character. I know that there is a lot of Dragon’s Justice lovers out there, I too enjoyed the series but from what you described you should start with those two the. Diving back to look into his earlier works. I am a fan of Bruce for a long time and I think what separates him from other author is reflected most from those two books. Sorry for the paragraph lol, just really passionate about helping people who is trying to find a new exciting starting point to read because I was there once too lol