Dragons can be so demanding, even those stuck in stone.Maribelle doesn't have time for a man in her life, let alone helping the dragon trapped in the nearby ridge find his freedom. Adding searching for stone dragon parts to a to-do list already brimming over with managing the family store and fending off small-town busybodies seems like a good way to go crazy.Which is exactly what she thinks is happening when the dragon Nyle barges into her dreams, demanding she serve him.Nyle has waited years for someone to fall asleep near him on a solstice day and agree to make him flesh and blood again. He's not going to allow Maribelle's need for sleep and hopes for the future get in his way.When the first man who's ever made slowing down seem like a good idea shows up, being on a quest for a dragon is the last thing she wants to be honest about.But the more Maribelle strives to hide what she's doing, the more family secrets come to light.Will helping Nyle help her? Does she even want to?Dragon Bone Ridge is a standalone novel in the Solstice Dragon World series where dreams are tricky and dragons even trickier. L. Darby Gibbs has been publishing novels since 2011. Since 2018, Gibbs has been writing fantasy, and has three series out: Solstice Dragon World (six standalone books), Standing Stone (five series books), and her newest Kavin Cut Chronicles (a trilogy).When she is not writing or teaching, she is active in the outdoors, mostly on a tandem bicycle or, more recently, sailing.Gibbs is a teacher of writing and published a non-fiction reference book of traditional story plots titled THE LITTLE HANDBOOK OF OF NARRATIVE FRAMEWORKS in 2013.Gibbs enjoys going to the theater, reading, traveling and spending time with her family and pets. She has been married over thirty years, has one child and a Labrador. She lives in the United States and has lived in several states north, east, west and south. Though born on the east coast, her roots are buried deepest in Southern California. Standalone fantasy novels based around the existence of dragons known as Solstice Dragons who live in the Cadore Range. Fantasy, magic, dragons, light romance.
