What if the woman everyone called powerless carried the one fire a dragon kingdom feared most?
Isolde Fenwick has spent her life hiding in silence. In the kingdom of Alderoche, dragons rule from black stone keeps, and humans survive by keeping their heads down. No human is meant to stand beside a dragon lord. No human is meant to carry a dragon's mate mark.
And Isolde was never meant to be seen.
When she finds Lucian Blackthorne, the feared dragon heir, wounded in the forbidden forest, she should leave him to his fate. Instead, she saves him-and awakens a forbidden power buried in her blood.
By morning, Lucian carries her mark over his heart.
By nightfall, Isolde carries the mark of his dragon across her back.
Now she is trapped inside Blackthorne Keep, hiding as a maid while Lucian searches for the mysterious woman who healed him. But the closer he gets to the truth, the more dangerous their bond becomes. A jealous noblewoman wants Isolde destroyed. A rebel commander wants her blood. And beneath the keep, an ancient fire waits behind a sealed vault built on secrets, betrayal, and forgotten power.
With the Blood Moon Tribunal approaching, Isolde must uncover what happened to her mother, protect the truth of her bloodline, and decide whether Lucian is the greatest threat to her freedom-or the only man willing to stand beside her when the kingdom turns against them.
The Ash-Marked Bride is a dark fantasy romance filled with forbidden attraction, hidden bloodlines, dragon magic, court betrayal, family secrets, and a heroine who must rise from the shadows before the fire beneath the kingdom wakes.
Step into Alderoche, where love is forbidden, secrets burn, and one hidden bride may change the fate of dragons forever.
