The Dragon's Stolen Bride: A Crown of Lies and Flames
Lyra Everhart never thought that her life as the daughter of a humble bookshop owner would end with her sleeping next to a beast she's meant to trick and wearing a crown she didn't earn.
Roselie Hartwood, the real Princess, refuses to marry the feared Dragon King of the North. This makes Lyra leave her peaceful life and take on the princess's role. Say she's the princess, make the Dragon King fall in love with her, and her family will live. It's an easy but cruel deal. If she fails, everyone she cares about will die.
Lyra is thrown into the mysterious Emberfell Kingdom, a place where dragons fly, phoenixes sing, and old magic flows through every stone. She has to find her way around a world she thought only lived in fairy tales. The reports about her husband, King Kael Drakemoor, were true: he is dangerous, strong, and awfully beautiful. He doesn't trust anyone, especially the "princess" who came smelling of fear and lies. She has obsidian scales, molten gold eyes, and a heart that has been frozen by betrayal.
But as Lyra learns how dragons work and finds her own hidden link to old magic, the impossible happens: she falls in love with the king she was sent to control. When Kael realizes that there is something real beneath her nervous smiles, she starts to melt, showing a soul that has been scarred by loss and loneliness.
When enemies from both kingdoms combine to destroy their fragile bond, and the truth of Lyra's identity threatens to unravel everything, she must choose: run back to safety and save her family, or risk everything for a love that was built on lies but feels more real than anything she's ever known.
In a world where dragons mate for life and deception is the ultimate betrayal, can a commoner's heart win over a king's hurt pride? Or will the truth burn their love to ashes?