Dragon Mistress

Our secret is out, and now we're marked for death.A lone survivor escaped the mountain battle, carrying news of our dragons' existence to the court of Prince Oblisii.Utrea's dragons were supposed to have been wiped out long ago. Only these five remain-a male and four females. They're all that's left to carry on the species, but first we have to keep them alive.The prince will come soon with his army, and I'm stuck on a mountaintop with my four knights in tarnished armor. Sometimes, I think these men will be the death of me long before the royal soldiers arrive. Other times, I think they may be my only salvation.Before the five of us can flee Utrea for safer shores, I'll have to form a soul-bond with the male dragon. Until then, he's little more than a wild animal, dangerous and unpredictable. And without the male, we're lost, since the future of dragonkind rests on his shimmering white wings.Yet the idea of the soul-bond fills me with terror. If I bind myself to him, his death would mean my death, just as my death would mean his. Already, the men I love are binding the female dragons one by one, tying their souls irrevocably together. With the others already bound, everything depends on me.But danger lurks whether I accept that dragon-bond or not. I was already a wanted woman, after I spurned Prince Oblisii and escaped from his harem of concubines. Not only that, but I also fled straight into the arms of a group led by Oblisii's disgraced older brother-Rathanii, the man who should have been Utrea's king.If Prince Oblisii gets hold of me again, death will be the least of my worries.And the gods only know what the others might do to try and get me back.* * *The Dragon Mistress by USA Today bestseller R. A. Steffan is a medium-burn fantasy romance series with dragonriders, where the heroine doesn't have to choose one person at the end.This series is part of the Eburosi Chronicles:The Horse Mistress (4 books)The Lion Mistress (3 books)The Dragon Mistress (4 books)Master of Hounds (3 books)Mistress of War (3 books)While loosely linked, each series may be read on its own.

We ran away, but it didn't solve our problems.Now, we're going back to fight for Aristede.And oh, yeah-there's also the small matter of toppling Rayth's corrupt younger brother from the Utrean throne, so we can remove the bounty on our dragons' heads. I mean, what could possibly go wrong?As the king's eldest son, Rayth grew up expecting to rule. Instead, he ended up disgraced and exiled. When he unknowingly stumbled upon the last five dragon eggs in existence, using the creatures to take back his crown was the last thing on his mind.All that changed after Rayth's brother Oblisii murdered their father and stole the kingship. With that fateful blow, what started out as a simple rescue mission to find our lost comrade has become something much more.We won't be safe until Oblisii is dead, and dragons are once more protected in the land of Utrea. To make that happen, we'll have to risk everything in a desperate gamble to control the throne.In the end, I just want my family back.I'll do whatever it takes to make that happen.* * *The Dragon Mistress: Book 4 by USA Today bestseller R. A. Steffan is the last installment in a medium-burn fantasy romance series with dragonriders, where the heroine doesn't have to pick one person at the end. The story contains adult situations.This series is part of the Eburosi Chronicles:The Horse Mistress (4 books)The Lion Mistress (3 books)The Dragon Mistress (4 books)Master of Hounds (3 books)Mistress of War (3 books)While loosely linked, each series may be read on its own.