The Artist and the Dragon

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>She loathes him.</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He craves her.</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But when a deadly curse threatens those they love these reluctant allies must work together to hunt down its wielder before time runs out.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Bronwyn Kinsley helped overthrow a malicious and corrupt monarch. Now she wants nothing more than to return to a quiet existence painting artwork in the countryside. No more pretentious court life and definitely no more of the infuriating Malik who touched her heart and then went right back to being the flirtatious prince she swore to loathe.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But the so-called dragons dissenters of the new monarchs' reign are hell-bent on preventing that peace and causing chaos within the kingdom.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Alistair (Malik) Ithael is determined to hunt down the last of the dragons and end their reign of terror. But his attempts to infiltrate their number require him to wear the careful façade of the playboy prince they expect. A guise that puts him at odds with Bronwyn the only woman he's ever truly wanted and one that seems to hate him more than ever.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When the dragons strike close to home and afflict Bronwyn's sister with a deadly sleeping curse Bronwyn and Malik must team up to save her. In doing so Bronwyn enters the place she loathes most-high society. Because dragons live disguised in plain sight and they'll have to find them first. That is if a pesky little distraction like love doesn't get in the way.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>The Artist and the Dragon </em>is a retelling of <em>Sleeping Beauty </em>with themes and motifs from <em>The Phantom of the Opera</em> and set in a gaslamp fantasy world akin to <em>Bridgerton</em> but with magic. </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>You can look forward to a slow burn angst-ridden romance between two reluctant allies who harbor secret feelings for one another while trying to solve a deadly mystery.</span></p>