Dragon Brides

Mara never dreamed of escape. Not really. How can a bird caged all her life ever think to fly? When a chance opportunity presents itself for the princess of Dunhill to flee her upcoming marriage and the cruel family that arranged it, she spreads her wings. But fate has other plans. After narrowly surviving an encounter with the fabled Beast of the Blackwood—a dragon that stalks the forest that separates Dunhill from neighboring kingdoms—she finds herself in the unwilling company of Baron Gannon Black. He is mercurial at best, downright rude at worst.

You cannot escape the fate you’re born into. Viggo abandoned his birthright and fled the demands of his father to live a simple life. He wanted for nothing in his quiet sanctuary in the Winter Wilds. It was easy for a dragon shifter to live among wild things. Here he was king, and he didn’t have to care what anyone thought of him. Everything changed when she appeared out of the forest like a walking dream, half-frozen and offering herself up as a bride.

After fleeing the Black Estate and the man that broke her heart, Elsie finds herself in the crosshairs of religious fanatics. They’re fed up with greedy kings and corrupt courts, and they want retribution. The wicked must be punished. A smart woman would leave when she’s given the chance, but escaping would mean leaving her little sister behind—again. Conflict becomes chaos and Elsie is trapped. Doomed by the terrible sacrifice she made for her family ten years earlier. There is blood on her hands and the devout believe there is only one way to cleanse such evil. Fire.