Ash and Burn

Dr. Arvid Jasper knows how to handle deadly diseases, military disasters, and impossible odds. What she does not know how to handle is Gerri Wilder offering her a trip through a wormhole to treat dragon shifters on another planet. But people are dying, the disease looks way too much like her current research, and Arvid has never been great at walking away from a crisis. So off she goes to Nova Aurora, armed with science, stubbornness, and absolutely no plan for what to do when the alien dragon king turns out to be hot enough to require medical supervision of his own.

King Calix Silvanus has no time for romance, destiny, or anything that might distract him from saving Ashvorn. His people are sick, his council is panicking, and his volcanic kingdom is one bad decision away from disaster. Then Arvid steps into his estate smelling like lilies and rain, touches his arm, and his dragon immediately decides she is his mate. Wonderful. Because apparently a deadly outbreak was not enough trouble—now fate has sent him a brilliant human scientist with a sharp tongue, dangerous curves, and zero interest in being bossed around by royalty.

Gerri insists this is all perfectly timed. Arvid calls it medically inconvenient. Calix calls it a threat to his control. But as they race to uncover the truth behind Ash Fever, their chemistry burns hotter than dragon fire—and someone in Ashvorn is determined to make sure Arvid never finds the cure. Now she’ll have to save a kingdom, survive a traitor, and decide whether loving one overprotective dragon king is the most reckless thing she’s ever done… or the cure she never saw coming.