Heart of Stone & Claw - Paperback

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 world where seven dragon kindreds protect an ancient magic 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 both her-and the stolen magic she carries-back to Mid-Realm before an ancient enemy tears the realms apart.

Forced into an uneasy alliance, Serenity and Ethan must survive dragon politics, impossible choices, murderous enemies, and an attraction that's becoming increasingly inconvenient. Because the closer they come to the truth, the more they realize Serenity's 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 who love:

• Dragons and dragon shifters
• Slow-burn romantasy
• Hidden magical worlds
• Found family
• Forced proximity
• Portal fantasy
• Grumpy hero × witty heroine
• Greek mythology woven into epic fantasy