Of Flames and Fallacies

<h4><strong>A BOND AND A PROPHECY CAN BRING A KINGDOM TO ITS KNEES.</strong></h4><p></p><p><span>Possession of dragon contraband in the Arterian kingdom means one thing: a guaranteed brutal execution.</span></p><p></p><p><span>When twenty-two-year-old Katerina Blackwind finds a dragon egg buried in her father's grave her world begins to unravel. She's tasked with returning the forbidden dragon hatchling-Daeja-north to the secretive Dragon Lands where dragons roam free and a rebellion group resides.</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>But she can't do it on her own. Smuggling a dragon hatchling across the realm during a war between Arterians and rebels means she can be killed by either side. She knows there's only one person she can truly trust-her old flame Cole Ashbourne. </span></p><p><span>​</span></p><p><span>Yet Cole is much different than the last time Kat saw him: deliciously chiseled in all the right places with a raw power lingering beneath the surface. Cole is torn between his responsibilities as a newly-promoted Captain in the King's military and his heart. </span></p><p><span>​</span></p><p><span>​Kat works on a plan to get Daeja to the Dragon Lands while keeping a low profile at one of the King's military outposts. Though having a room next to the sinisterly provocative and kingdom's best swordsman Darian Raventhorn proves to be anything but easy. </span></p><p><span>​</span></p><p><span>Danger lurks at every turn and as more secrets are unearthed Kat is left to question everything she thought she knew about dragons her family love and the kingdom.  </span></p>