She thought she was an ordinary caretaker. She was actually the key to an ancient flight.

Daphne Garlin has spent her life in the shadows, a sheltered caretaker who studied nursing to keep her grandmother safe. Her only adventures happened in her dreams, visions of soaring through dark, warm caves and gazing down at a world that seemed far too small.

Everything changes on a rooftop in Florence when she saves a mysterious stranger from the edge. Robert De Marco is powerful, brooding, and wealthy beyond measure, but he is haunted by a grief that has left him broken. When he proposes a whirlwind marriage, Daphne takes a leap of faith into his world of Gilded Age estates and dangerous family secrets.

At the isolated Hallimore estate on the Maine coast, the truth emerges from the mist: Robert isn’t just a man—he’s a dragon shifter, and Daphne is his fated mate. But their fresh start is threatened by an ancient war. With a predatory vampire coven closing in and a secret flight of dragons waiting to be united, Daphne must stop hiding and embrace her golden scales.

To protect her new family, Daphne must learn that some legends are real, and some bonds are worth breathing fire for.