Dragon's Heart

I escaped one cage. I won't let fate lock me inside another, even if the dragon warrior waiting outside it claims I'm his.Surviving the crash of our generation ship should have been the hardest thing I ever faced.It wasn't.Beneath the surface of Tajss, the human survivors have built a refuge ruled by fear. Our leader demands obedience, punishes resistance, and turns safety into another kind of prison.When staying becomes more dangerous than the burning desert above, I risk everything to escape.Then Errol finds me.The skilled Zmaj craftsman has already lost too much. He's accepted that fate has no mate waiting for him and that the future his dragon longs for will never come.Until he discovers me alone on the deadly surface.Fierce. Stubborn. Determined to survive without anyone's help.His dragon recognizes the truth immediately.I'm his treasure.Forced together by the dangers of Tajss, we must outrun deadly creatures, confront enemies from the past, and survive a planet that shows mercy to no one.Errol wants to protect me.I refuse to trade one prison for another.But the longer we travel together, the harder it becomes to mistake his devotion for control. He doesn't want my obedience. He doesn't want to own my choices.He wants to build something with me.A shelter. A home. A future neither of us believed we could have.As desire burns hotter than the twin suns, two wounded hearts must decide whether trusting each other is worth the risk.Because escaping captivity may have saved my life.Loving Errol might finally teach me how to live.Dragon's Heart is the tenth full-length novel in the Red Planet Dragons of Tajss series. It features a protective alien dragon warrior, fated mates, forced proximity, an escaping heroine, a wounded hero, emotional healing, deadly alien-planet survival, found family, steamy romance, and a guaranteed happily ever after.Every full-length novel in the series delivers its own satisfying romance and happily ever after while revealing the larger story of Tajss, its people, and the growing bond between humans and Zmaj.