I never asked to be sold to the royal family-or to be married off in some bizarre, ancient ritual. My new husband, the Crown Prince, made it clear I wasn't wanted. Fine. I didn't want him either.

But his older brother? The one they keep locked in the shadows? He's the one I can't stop thinking about.

Xaren is all hard muscle, brutal scars, and growled warnings. He says his Drake is too dangerous-that I'm safer far away from him.
Too bad the Queen has other plans...

She orders me to his bed, demands I give the kingdom an heir-and soon.

Now I'm trapped with a man who thinks he's too broken to touch me... and too dangerous to want me.

But every time we're alone, I see the truth in his eyes.
He burns for me...just as much as I burn for him.

Bride of the Black Dragon is a spicy, slow-burn romantasy featuring a tortured, scarred alpha, a curvy heroine with forbidden magic, enemies-to-lovers heat, Dragon Shifters, dungeon shadows, royal politics, and a twist you won't see coming.