The Blood-Born Dragon

<p><strong>A bond she didn't choose.</strong></p><p><strong>A love she can't escape.</strong></p><p><strong>A creature so powerful it bends the limits of time...</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Smart sassy and sanguine Des Mildue is a traveling sell-sword in Rescalin a dry and dusty kingdom full of rogues opportunists and thieves. She keeps her nose clean brazens it out with a blade when she can't and keeps others at arm's length where they can't mess up her plans.</p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: var(--color-2)>That is until a sword fight gone wrong leaves her tied by blood to the first dragon hatched in centuries. Suddenly Des has to contend with a new voice in her head: haughty willful Esquidamelion. Des wants to leave Squid by a roadside but the blood bond has other ideas.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: var(--color-2)>With half the world on their tail - including Liv her beautiful faithless ex who Des is definitely over - Des must search for answers for why so many are willing to kill maim and torture to get their hands on Squid. But she's beginning to suspect her blood bond has tied her not only to a dragon but to a fight for Rescalin's future...</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: var(--color-2)>...and no one else even knows it's at risk.</span></p><p> </p><p><strong style=background-color: var(--color-2)>If you like the kind of story that grabs you by the shirtfront and hauls you through mystery magic adventure and betrayal with a side of sapphic romance pick up <em>The Blood-Born Dragon</em> first in a new trilogy from debut author JC Rycroft.</strong></p>