Talon the Black

When a dragon falls, a kingdom awaits.Claire Evans is just a small-town girl from Indiana, but when a wounded dragon falls from the sky, her world is turned upside down. Cyrus is a dragon shifter-one of Dragonwall's six royal protectors-and saving him sets Claire on a dangerous path. She'll be carried across his kingdom with a secret that could change everything. Bound by an unbreakable promise, she must confront Dragonwall's enigmatic and troubled king-the scarred, mateless Talon.King Talon's rule is unraveling. Hounded by his advisors to marry, burdened by old scars, and beset by a rising enemy, he has more pressing concerns than creating an heir. But Claire's presence sparks something neither of them expected: a slow-burning connection that could either save Dragonwall-or destroy it.In this epic fantasy series, where modern sensibilities clash with medieval traditions, adventure, magic, and an enemies-to-lovers arc collide in an ultra slow burn romance that spans the series. Join Claire as she's swept into a world of danger, dragons, and destiny, where every choice has far-reaching consequences. Melissa Mitchell is a physics Ph.D. by day, and fantasy writer by night. She is a California transplant, who moved to Georgia with her husband and three dogs to chase her engineering career in illumination design. Aside from her love of tea, wine, desserts, and writing, she loves reading, playing piano, baking, and bullet journaling (in no particular order).Melissa has been an avid reader since childhood, with an interest in fantasy books. She grew up reading the Harry Potter series repeatedly. Her favorite fantasy creature is the dragon, which is probably because she read (more than once) The Dragonriders of Pern books, beginning in the seventh grade. No wonder dragons are her favorite creatures to write about! Her largest writing project is currently an epic fantasy series set in the fictional world of Dragonwall. It is not yet published, but can be read for free on Wattpad. A small town gal named Claire is swept into an unimaginable kingdom called Dragonwall that is like something out of a fantasy book. Claire must help Dragonwall defeat a horrid sorcerer who wants to eliminate the dragons and Drengr from the world using the famed Dragon Stones. When Claire meets Dragonwall's king, he is unlike what she imagined. The two of them set off on the wrong foot, and they must both work out their differences if they are to work together.