He left her with a lie. Now the dragon they saved has come back to tell the truth.
Ismara Norrin has spent nine years repairing Cinderglen's hearths and trying not to remember the man who broke hers.Kavren Deyr was her first love, her fiercest ally, and the court courier who supposedly sold their dragon's location for silver. The night he betrayed her, the valley burned. He vanished before she could demand an explanation, leaving Ismara to carry the blame, the grief, and the story everyone else accepted.
Then Kavren returns with a dragon's scale in his hand.
Othraen is alive. The dragon they once freed has crossed the mountains to bring proof that the old betrayal was manufactured. The seal on Kavren's confession was forged. The fire was redirected. And beneath Cinderglen, an ancient hearth is still draining heat from every person and dragon the court has taught the valley to fear.
Forced to work together before the Cinderwake memorial, Ismara and Kavren follow ash trails through abandoned mines, hidden archives, and the ruins of the life they once planned. Her forbidden gift can read the last heat held by burned material, but it cannot tell her whether Kavren is finally telling the truth. That choice belongs to her.
To save the valley, Ismara must expose the court's history in public. Kavren must stop treating sacrifice as the only proof of love. And both must decide whether a second chance can be built without pretending the first betrayal never happened.
Cinderglen is a standalone adult fae and dragon second-chance romance featuring former lovers, forced proximity, a competent hearth-keeper heroine, a dragon ally, court conspiracy, slow-burn reconciliation, open-door heat, and a satisfying happily-ever-after.
Genre: Fantasy
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