Dragonborn

Jade Lee opens her Romantic Fantasies series with a world where dragon magic is a tool of imperial tyranny. Natiya carries a dragon egg secretly while plotting revenge against the Emperor who destroyed her family; Kiril is the dragon slayer sent to stop her. The star-crossed tension between them is well constructed, and the dragon mythology is genuinely inventive — Romantic Times gave it 4.5 stars, calling it 'so darkly intense and so highly compelling.' The world-building stands out as the strongest element, earning the book an audience across both romance and fantasy readers. The clear caveat: this is adult romance published by an adult imprint, with explicit sexual content and dark thematic material throughout. Not appropriate for younger readers or family-safe contexts.