Inheriting a sprawling picturesque farm in a cozy small town is probably everyone’s secret dream. When it happens to me, my life gets turned upside down.

Rosemary

My father’s will stipulates I have live to there for a year if I want to inherit his millions too. The place is a fire trap, ready to collapse at the slightest breeze. Then the dreams start. A voice calling to me, seducing me, whispering in my sleep.

Nothing is what it seems in Hillcrest Hollow, I expect more dreams, but then a rainstorm brings a stranger to my doorstep. A naked stranger. It is then that the seduction truly starts and I find myself bound to a dragon.

Chardum

For twenty-six years I was trapped beneath rubble. My only anchor the faintest touch of my soulmate’s mind against mine. Suddenly she’s here, next to my prison, on my land. I will do whatever it takes to get her to free me, and then I will seduce her until she will never want to leave.

My Rosy does not know the truth about her father, or this land, she does not know the peril she’s in. I am Chardum the Destroyer, a mighty dragon, and I will teach her all she needs to master her powers and her inheritance.

I will claim her heart and soul. Protect her with my dying breath from the evil that seeks to destroy us all.

Have I just stumbled from one monster, straight into the clutches of another?

Ava

I have a habit of doing what people tell me I shouldn't. Like eating that extra cookie, or you know, dating the bad boy. When I try to get out of this latest pickle, running is my only option.

A dark gloomy mansion in the middle of the woods, surrounded by an ominous fence. Yeah, that's not where you expect to find salvation. But the man that swoops down on me, pulling me from the snapping jaws of danger… He sets my blood on fire and makes my heart melt with his care and his cute pet cat.

Lucius

I just want to be left alone. The world is a dangerous place and I want nothing to do with it. But when pretty Ava stumbles onto my doorstep, I can't help myself. Parts of me ignite that I thought had long ago turned to ashes.

To keep her safe, to keep us both safe, I must let her go. I should send her away.

To break my curse, to rescue her from ruin, I might have to break all my rules. I might have to ignite all the flames and make the ultimate sacrifice.

Rescued by the Cursed Phoenix is a short, steamy novella that is part of the Rescued From Ruin shared author series. It features one sexy, cursed Phoenix, a plucky damsel in distress, and a very wise matchmaking cat.