Introduction
Adragonshifterdeterminedto save his people…
…must sacrifice his potential mate.
The moment theresonancetraps Ransom, he’s tossed into a living hell.Everything meaningful to him is in danger unless he follows the orders of a prince lying in stasis.
But that’s not the royal’s only demand.
Prince Kalim expects Ransom to deliver Scarlett—the woman Ransom’s dragon desires.
Captured by a dragon.Scarlett Mitchell can’t believe this twist of fate and, once she learns of the dragon-man’s quest, she struggles with the blast of excitement and yearning that seize her imagination.She’s the queen of lists and measures the pros against the cons in every decision—a lesson taught by experience.Life works better when she reins in her spontaneity.
She should turn her back on this dangerous journey, but she can’t.
Romantic sparks fly between Ransom and Scarlett as they travel to the final showdown with the prince.Painful secrets from the past poke at weak spots and emotions run high while a volcanic eruption threatens to annihilate everyone and everything in its path.
Two star-crossed lovers…
Courage, determination, and pure grit are required to save the day before this ill-fated quest turns into another impulse gone wrong, or worse—a death trap.
You’ll love this shapeshifter romance because it contains a fiery dragon, a sassy feline shifter, and a villain who wants it all.Failure is not an option.
1.A Growly Alpha Makes His Move
Reception Area, Middlemarch Resort, Tiraq
ScarlettMitchellscowledatthe compuscreen and figured Mungo wouldn’t reappear to relieve her anytime soon.
Joe had sported thelook.She’d witnessed the same determination and lust, the excitement, the pure love on the faces of her other brothers as they’d captured, courted, and claimed their mates.Yep, Joe had been a male shifter on a mission, and she figured once Mungo returned to reception, she and Joe would be official mates.
Which made her the last Mitchell standing.
In this branch of the Mitchell family, at least.Ma would happily scribble in her genealogy books and add Mungo to the family tree.Grandchildren were the next logical step, and that might take the pressure off her.Scarlett dissected that thought for a beat and grimaced.
Gah!Who was she kidding?
It’d place her front and center, a target for her family-minded mother.After all, she’d married their father at age eighteen, and Scarlett had turned twenty-three last birthday.
She muttered alien curses under her breath—ones she’d learned during her trips to the marketplace in Dalcon.
The pressure weighing down her mind remained.
Heavy.
Worrying.
The truth—Scarlett’s battle to remain single wasn’t the only thing bothering her.Ever since she was a kid, she’d hadfeelings.A sense of what was to come.Most came true, and right now, she was experiencing the tingling prediction of something.Of what, she had no idea, but the details would become clearer untilpoof!Every vague perception exploded into reality and rained down on her head.
Unfortunately, the knowledge she received never helped much.
Perhaps it was favorable news regarding her bid for the premises on the planet Dalcon.So far, she hadn’t mentioned her plans to her family.They’d fight her decision, which was why she intended to forge ahead and present them with solid facts.A business strategy.Budgets.Profit forecasts.Her design portfolio.Show them her samples.Play to her strengths and shower them with information.Give them reasons to agree to her proposal rather than present arguments.At the least, she’d have proof she’d considered her future for a long time and was not jumping from her safe existence into a risky proposition.
Impulsive wasn’therany longer.Yay!Look at her adulting.
She tapped her finger on the compuscreen, a smile playing on her lips.Satisfaction.Soon she’d move to Dalcon, open a shop, and offer her jewelry design services to those who required exquisite and original pieces.
Independence.Freedom.
