When a mysterious stranger reveals the truth about her impossible red eyes and fiery hair, Rowan discovers she's not human—she's a dragon. And he wants her in ways that could destroy them both.

Rowan has always been different. The red hair that won't take dye. The crimson eyes she hides behind colored contacts. The inexplicable heat that draws men to her like moths to flame. She's learned to use her strangeness to her advantage—collecting rare antiquities and collecting lovers with equal passion.

But when shadow dragon Rafe approaches her in his club, he sees past her human disguise to the powerful red dragon she truly is. One touch ignites a connection that threatens to consume them both. In his arms, Rowan's true form emerges—scales, talons, horns, and a magic she never knew existed.

There's just one problem: dragon law forbids them from mating. If the Council discovers her existence, they'll force her into a five-hundred-year hibernation—and Rafe will be dead before she wakes.

Now Rowan must choose: return to her safe human life and forget everything she's learned, or risk everything to help Rafe challenge the laws that keep them apart. Because some fires are meant to burn, and some loves are worth breaking all the rules.

A standalone novella in the Rising Dragons series—scorching heat, forbidden desire, and the dragon romance that started it all.