All That Glitters

<p><em><strong>A woman desperate to save her family. A dragon with a hoard of untold riches. A bargain that costs her everything but gold.</strong></em></p><p>The village of Stonewood withers under a relentless curse its people starving and their hope a flickering ember. As the eldest daughter of a family on the brink of collapse Iris has no choice but to brave the legends and seek out the monstrous dragon Draco. His lair a glittering cathedral of stolen wealth promises a cure for her village's despair-if she can survive the beast who guards it.</p><p>But the dragon she finds is not the simple monster of legend. He is a creature of sublime terror and breathtaking beauty a being of ancient loneliness who finds gold and jewels to be a cold silent comfort. He sees through her facade of courage to the trembling girl beneath and his price is not a single coin but a year of her life. One night for every moon cycle Iris must serve as his companion his confidant his creature to satiate a hunger far deeper than greed.</p><p>As Iris is thrust into a world of impossible beauty and profound darkness she discovers that Draco is more than just a beast. He is a shapeshifter a collector of lost civilizations and a connoisseur of human emotion. The more he reveals the more her terror becomes tangled with awe and a disturbing undeniable fascination. His touch at first a claiming of ownership awakens a fire within her she never knew existed. He demands her surrender not just her body but her very soul and the lines between captor and willing partner begin to blur.</p><p>Will Iris's sacrifice save her village or will she lose herself to the dangerous allure of the beast who claims her as his most treasured prize?</p><p>A dark enchanting tale of forbidden desire ancient secrets and the sinfully wicked price of salvation. For readers who crave <strong>Dark Fantasy Romance</strong> with a slow burn emotional depth and a touch of the gothic.</p>