Carrying dragon blood in his veins, Regent Reynold suffers from a brutal curse that makes the touch of any woman an agonizing torment. Slumped on a battlefield road near death, his failing pulse is miraculously restored when destitute widow Olivia tends his wounds with life-saving nourishment before vanishing into the foggy countryside.
Weeks later, economic desperation forces Olivia to accept a lucrative position nursing the infant prince within the imperial citadel, walking right into Reynold's hunting grounds. While the imperious regent uses his dragon authority to break aristocratic opposition, Olivia must guard her heart against a passionate sovereign who refuses to let her slip away.
