Cast out by her ex-husband Loren for her lowborn dragonkin blood, Ella finds refuge at Dragonridge Keep, where her fluency in High Draconic earns her a position caring for Milo, the troubled young heir of the Blackflame Dragon King, Kane. With patience and clever tricks, Ella slowly heals Milo and wins both father and son’s trust. Kane enters a mate contract with her, but their arranged bond soon becomes real love. As Ella rises from an unwanted nanny to Lady of House Igniswold, Loren returns in regret, while enemies from the Northern Ice Dragon Clan target her unborn child. After surviving betrayal, poison, and an attack on her flame-dragon egg, Ella proves she will risk everything for her family. In the end, Kane names her the High Lady of Dragonkind.
