About this ebook
After losing her mother, she left the job her uncle arranged with a printer and set out to make her own way. With winter closing in, survival is more challenging than independence.
But Dira is determined to manage on her own. She has enough stubbornness to get herself through the mountains, if the weather, hunger, and elevation don’t kill her first.
When Dira falls asleep in what she thinks is a cave, she awakens curled at the chest of a dragon. Brundar takes one look at her disheveled clothes, lack of supplies, and desperate situation and concludes she won’t survive a week.
Dira disagrees. But Brundar is too knowing to listen, and too crafty for a hungry, still waking young woman. A bargain gives her food and shelter for the winter and binds her to the young dragon he’s training. Her tutor will arrive soon.
Unfortunately, he’s a warrior with opinions of his own.
Zane Kase has no desire to teach a headstrong runaway how to survive or spend the winter serving a dragon’s whims. He has his own reasons for avoiding dragons and people, but a promise from the past leaves him little choice.
Dira isn’t impressed by her new tutor. Zane isn’t impressed by her refusal to listen. Or how difficult she is to ignore. But when dragon hunters threaten the young dragon under Brundar’s care, Dira and Zane find themselves on the same side of a fight neither expected.
The dragon hunters are only the beginning. There is a war brewing, and dragons don’t take dragon killing well.
The war may force Zane to face the past he's spent years avoiding. Dira is already making it difficult to imagine a future without her.
Will Dira charge toward responsibility, bow raised, dragons at her side? And what will Zane choose when the future he never wanted begins to look like the one he needs?
Behind every romance is an opinionated dragon.
A clean fantasy romance series filled with dragons, adventure, magic, slow-burn romance, and emotionally satisfying happily-ever-afters. You've found your standalone romantasy source in this 10+ fantasy series.
Tropes:
Heroic journey
Training session
One bedroom
Enemies to lovers
Slow-burn romance
War on the horizon
Mentor/mentee
Grumpy/sunshine
Caught in an agreement
Dragons
Coming of age
Found Family
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About the author
L. Darby Gibbs, an accomplished author, juggles a passion for storytelling with diverse hobbies like tandem bike riding, bird watching, and home remodel. Married for 44 years, Gibbs, a seasoned writer, transitioned from sci-fi to fantasy and romantasy genres, where dragons often take center stage. Her latest venture, 'Fifth Flight,' promises more magical adventures.
