The Dragon's Claim: Velvet House Book 3
Mercy Blackwood
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· 1 rating · 306 pages · Published: 13 Jan 2026
Cass Leander is the Velvet House's most requested companion—flawless technique, perfect composure, utterly empty inside. She learned long ago that feeling things only gets you hurt. So she performs. She pleases. She pretends. And when the shift ends, she feels exactly nothing.
Then Silas Ryne walks through the door.
He claims to be human. The furnace-heat radiating from his skin says otherwise. The gold fire in his eyes when he looks at her says definitely otherwise. And when Cass is assigned to investigate the mysterious new client, she discovers a dragon in exile—one who traded forty years as a monster's enforcer for a chance at redemption he doesn't believe he deserves.
She's supposed to be playing him. Getting close. Finding out what he's really after.
She's not supposed to feel anything.
But Silas sees through every mask she's ever worn. And when a rescue mission into demon territory forces them to pose as claimed mates, the fake relationship starts feeling dangerously real. Because the dragon who can't shift is the first person who's ever made her want to stop performing.
And the woman who feels nothing is the only one who makes him want to burn.
THE DRAGON'S CLAIM is a full-length monster romance featuring a dragon hero who fell first and fell harder, a heroine learning to feel again, explicit spice, claiming marks, size difference, found family, and a guaranteed HEA. This is Book 3 in the Velvet House series. Can be read as a standalone.
Content Explicit sexual content, past trauma (referenced trafficking, addiction recovery), and scenes involving dragon fire in creative ways.
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