Heart of Stone & Claw
(2026)(The first book in the Blackwing Dragon Chronicles series)
A novel by Lenore Ashwood
She survived the day that shattered two worlds.
Now she has to go back...
At seventeen, foster kid Serenity Vale watched her guardian die inside a Manhattan mansion filled with locked doors, impossible shadows, and enough weirdness to keep a therapist employed for life. She spent the next four years convincing herself it had all been trauma.
Then the mansion is left to her.
Because apparently the universe has jokes.
Returning to Charing Manor means facing the memories she's spent years outrunning. It also means discovering that beneath the estate lies Mid-Realm—a hidden magical world where seven dragon kindreds guard an ancient power that's beginning to fail.
Ethan Blackwing has dedicated his life to uncovering the truth.
As a dragon chronicler, he trusts evidence, history... and absolutely not the sarcastic Human who has somehow stumbled into his world's greatest catastrophe. But when a legendary artifact binds itself to Serenity's heart, Ethan is ordered to bring her—and the stolen magic she carries''back to Mid-Realm before an ancient enemy tears both realms apart.
Forced into an uneasy alliance, the witty Human and distrustful dragon shifter must navigate deadly dragon politics, ancient prophecies, impossible choices, and a slow-burn attraction that's frankly terrible timing.
Because the closer Serenity and Ethan come to the truth, the more they realize her connection to Mid-Realm wasn't an accident.
She was always meant to return.
The problem is...
she might also be the reason everything falls apart.
Perfect for readers craving an epic portal fantasy romance with dragon shifters, slow-burn tension, found family, hidden magical worlds, ancient artifacts, Greek mythology, mystery, humor, and a grumpy dragon × witty Human pairing.
Originally funded at 645% on Kickstarter.
Genre: Fantasy
Now she has to go back...
At seventeen, foster kid Serenity Vale watched her guardian die inside a Manhattan mansion filled with locked doors, impossible shadows, and enough weirdness to keep a therapist employed for life. She spent the next four years convincing herself it had all been trauma.
Then the mansion is left to her.
Because apparently the universe has jokes.
Returning to Charing Manor means facing the memories she's spent years outrunning. It also means discovering that beneath the estate lies Mid-Realm—a hidden magical world where seven dragon kindreds guard an ancient power that's beginning to fail.
Ethan Blackwing has dedicated his life to uncovering the truth.
As a dragon chronicler, he trusts evidence, history... and absolutely not the sarcastic Human who has somehow stumbled into his world's greatest catastrophe. But when a legendary artifact binds itself to Serenity's heart, Ethan is ordered to bring her—and the stolen magic she carries''back to Mid-Realm before an ancient enemy tears both realms apart.
Forced into an uneasy alliance, the witty Human and distrustful dragon shifter must navigate deadly dragon politics, ancient prophecies, impossible choices, and a slow-burn attraction that's frankly terrible timing.
Because the closer Serenity and Ethan come to the truth, the more they realize her connection to Mid-Realm wasn't an accident.
She was always meant to return.
The problem is...
she might also be the reason everything falls apart.
Perfect for readers craving an epic portal fantasy romance with dragon shifters, slow-burn tension, found family, hidden magical worlds, ancient artifacts, Greek mythology, mystery, humor, and a grumpy dragon × witty Human pairing.
Originally funded at 645% on Kickstarter.
Genre: Fantasy
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