Sacrifice: Drakoryan Brides, #1

By Ava Sinclair

Four dragon lords. One virgin sacrifice.

 

When my village sacrifices me to the dragons, I go willingly to the Altar Rock to die.

 

But I don't die.

 

I wake up in a castle built into a huge mountain. House Fra'Hir is one of many castles in the Drakoryan Empire. It is here I learn the truth — that women like me aren't taken away to be devoured, but to be mated.

 

My mates, four sons of a dragon knight slain in the last battle of the ShadowFell, are unique both in personality and carnal abilities. They introduce me to the world of pleasure. In their bed chambers, they prepare me with masterful skill for the final, ultimate bond that will make me truly theirs.

 

But I am no passive mate, and the secret they keep from me threatens not only our bond, but the role I am prophesied to play in stopping a lurking danger that threatens the Drakoryan and human world alike.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pandora's Box Publishing
• Release date: Jul 8, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223827726

Ava Sinclair

USA Today bestselling author Ava Sinclair has been penning steamy romance for over twenty years, infusing sensual heat into captivating stories that also offer world building, relatable characters, and believable plots to the reader. She lives in on a farm in the Virginia foothill country. When she’s not reading or writing, she enjoys hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains, catering to her cats, and tending her small flock of wool sheep and dairy goats.

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