Dragon Vein

For nineteen years, Lysandra Sinclair was trapped inside her own mind, forced to watch as an ancient corruption used her body and her magic for its own purposes.

Now she is finally free.

Freedom, however, turns out to be considerably more complicated than Lysandra expected. The world moved on without her, London believes she has been gone for nearly two decades, and the ancient evil that controlled her left something behind.

When the grimoire that imprisoned it shattered, corrupted shards scattered across the world. Someone is searching for them, and Lysandra may be one of the few people capable of understanding what they can do.

Lei Jiu has problems of his own.

The ancient god has awakened after millennia to a world he barely recognizes and a prison he once helped create lying in pieces. The dragon veins have declared Lysandra his mate, but Lei Jiu knows better than to mistake fate for choice. If Lysandra ever chooses him, it will be because she wants him.

First, they have to survive London.

A convenient lie gives Lysandra the perfect explanation for the mysterious foreign man suddenly at her side: Lei Jiu is her husband. Unfortunately, no one thinks to explain to an ancient god that the marriage is supposed to be pretend.

While London society welcomes the newly returned Lady Sinclair and her inexplicable husband, the shards are becoming more dangerous. What begins as a search for the remnants of a shattered prison leads Lysandra and Lei Jiu through dragon veins, forgotten magic, and a growing conspiracy determined to gather what should never be reunited.

For Lysandra, stopping them means confronting the power that stole nineteen years of her life without allowing it to define what comes next.

For Lei Jiu, it means protecting the woman Heaven named as his mate while leaving the decision that matters most entirely in her hands.

Because fate may have brought them together.

Choosing each other is something they will have to do themselves.

A slow-burn paranormal Regency romance with fated mates, an ancient god, a powerful heroine reclaiming her life, a marriage misunderstanding of celestial proportions, dragon veins, ancient magic, found family, and a love built on choice.