Book One of the Solstice Series

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Tristan Eldane is the third son of the only great house in the kingdom never bonded to a dragon. He charms his way through Auratine's glittering court as the fool no faction bothers to fear — until his brother's death leaves him holding a single black scale, and the oldest, most dangerous dragon in living memory decides that Tristan, of all people, is his.

In a kingdom where dragon riders answer to one of two rival factions, and the peace between them hangs by a thread, a bonded Eldane is a spark over dry tinder. If either faction learns what Tristan carries, his family's thousand years of neutrality — and everyone he loves — burns with it.

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Elena Vassiro has returned to Solaris after ten years abroad, armed with a father's ambitions, and a dangerous habit of wanting things young ladies at court are not supposed to want.
Like the sky.
Like freedom.
Like answers about the childhood friend who grew up into the most infuriating man in Auratine — and who is very clearly hiding something.

Between masked courtiers, poisoned smiles, and something gathering beyond the mountains, Tristan must learn to wield a power he never asked for while wearing the mask he knows best: his own face. And Elena must decide how much of herself she's willing to trade for a place in a court that devours women like her.